English-Thai Dictionary

endeavor

N ความพยายาม  ความอุตสาหะ  ความบากบั่น  ความมานะ  attempt effort try kwam-pa-ya-yam

 

endeavor

VT พยายาม (คำ ทางการ  อุตสาหะ  บากบั่น  มานะ  attempt strive try pa-ya-yam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENDEAVOR

n.endev'or. An effort; an essay; an attempt; an exertion of physical strength, or the intellectual powers, towards the attainment of an object. The bold and sufficient pursue their game with more passion, endeavor and application, and therefore often succeed.
Imitation is the endeavor of a later poet to write like one who has written before him on the same subject.
Labor is a continued endeavor, or a succession of endeavors.

 

ENDEAVOR

v.i.endev'or. To exert physical strength or intellectual power, for the accomplishment of an object; to try; to essay; to attempt. In a race, each man endeavors to outstrip his antagonist. A poet may endeavor to rival Homer, but without success. It is followed by after before a noun; as, the christian endeavors after more strict conformity to the example of Christ. 1. v.t. To attempt to gain; to try to effect.
It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects.

 

ENDEAVORED

pp. Essayed; attempted.

 

ENDEAVORER

n.One who makes an effort or attempt.

 

ENDEAVORING

ppr. Making an effort or efforts; striving; essaying; attempting.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENDEAVOR

En *deav "or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeavored; p. pr. & vb. n.Endeavoring. ] Etym: [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt. ] [Written also endeavour. ]

 

Defn: To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects.Ld. Chatham. To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs. ] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness. " Latimer.

 

ENDEAVOR

ENDEAVOR En *deav "or, v. i.

 

Defn: To exert one's self; to work for a certain end. And such were praised who but endeavored well. Pope.

 

Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist. He had. .. endeavored earnestly to do his duty. Prescott.

 

Syn. -- To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.

 

ENDEAVOR

En *deav "or, n. Etym: [Written also endeavour. ]

 

Defn: An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial. To employ all my endeavor to obey you. Sir P. Sidney. To do one's endeavor, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever " (duty ). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer. " Fuller.

 

Syn. -- Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.

 

ENDEAVORER

ENDEAVORER En *deav "or *er, n.

 

Defn: One who makes an effort or attempt. [Written also endeavourer.]

 

ENDEAVORMENT

ENDEAVORMENT En *deav "or *ment, n.

 

Defn: Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

endeavor

en deav or |enˈdevər ənˈdɛvər |(Brit. endeavour ) ▶verb [ no obj. ] try hard to do or achieve something: he is endeavoring to help the Third World. ▶noun an attempt to achieve a goal: [ with infinitive ] : an endeavor to reduce serious injury. • earnest and industrious effort, esp. when sustained over a period of time: enthusiasm is a vital ingredient in all human endeavor. • an enterprise or undertaking: a political endeavor. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘exert oneself ’): from the phrase put oneself in devoir ‘do one's utmost ’ (see devoir ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

endeavor

endeavor verb the company endeavored to expand its activities: try, attempt, seek, undertake, aspire, aim, set out; strive, struggle, labor, toil, work, exert oneself, apply oneself, do one's best, do one's utmost, give one's all, be at pains; informal have a go, have a shot, have a stab, give something one's best shot, do one's damnedest, go all out, bend over backwards; formal essay. ▶noun 1 an endeavor to build a more buoyant economy: attempt, try, bid, effort, venture; informal go, crack, shot, stab; formal essay. 2 several days of endeavor: effort, exertion, striving, struggling, laboring, toil, struggle, labor, hard work, application, industry; pains; informal sweat, 'blood, sweat, and tears', elbow grease; literary travail. 3 an extremely unwise endeavor: undertaking, enterprise, venture, exercise, activity, exploit, deed, act, action, move; scheme, plan, project; informal caper.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

endeavor

en deav or ｟英 ｠-our /ɪndévə r / (! -ea-は /e /; 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖原義は 「義務を果たす 」〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing /-dév ə rɪŋ /自動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人が 〉 «…しようと » 懸命に努力する , 熱心に試みる (strive, try hard ) «to do » ▸ endeavor to protect the environment 自然環境を守るため懸命の努力をする .2 «…を得ようと » 努める «after » .名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U C ｟かたく ｠ «…しようとする » (特に新しくて困難な )努力 , 試み «to do /at do ing » (→effort 1 )▸ make the best endeavors 最大限の努力をする 2 〖Endeavour 〗エンデバー号 〘米国のスペースシャトル 〙.