{
    "term": "endeavour",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an attempt to do something, especially something new or difficult",
            "sensetop": "endeavour to do somethingin an endeavour to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There have been great advances in the field of scientific endeavour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.",
                    "contextForm": "endeavour to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The manager is expected to use his or her best endeavours to promote the artist's career."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The public bombarded the company with complaints in an endeavour to have the price increases revoked.",
                    "contextForm": "in an endeavour to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enthusiasm is a vital ingredient in all human endeavour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has the ability to achieve success in whatever field of endeavour he should choose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In an endeavour to improve the service, they introduced free parking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Learning a foreign language well can be a lifelong endeavour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She always encourages her children in their artistic endeavours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will make every endeavour to obtain sufficient supplies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We wish her every success in this endeavour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You must make an endeavour to work harder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the government's honest endeavours to improve the lives of the poor"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["collaborative", "collective", "cooperative"],
                "verb + endeavour/​endeavor": ["make", "pursue", "undertake"],
                "preposition": ["in an endeavour"],
                "phrases": [
                    "your best endeavours",
                    "a field of endeavour",
                    "make every endeavour"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdevə(r)/",
                "audio": "en/endeavour/endeavour__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdevər/",
                "audio": "en/endeavour/endeavour__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘exert oneself’): from the phrase put oneself in devoir ‘do one's utmost’."
}