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endeavour

/ɪnˈdevə/in-DEH-vur
/ɪnˈdɛvɚ/in-DEH-vur

Meaningduty, what one owes

Common meaning: to try hard

Journey through time

  1. Frenchdevoir‘duty’source
  2. Middle Englishdever‘duty’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsduty → to try hardendeavour‘to try hard’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on French devoir ‘duty, what one owes’.

Roots

  • devoir French “duty, what one owes”

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