strive

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to try to do something
tryI'll try to call her again.
attemptI have never attempted to run a marathon.
endeavourUKEngineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem.
seekThey sought to reassure the public.
battleHe was battling to fix the roof in the rain.
striveWith limited resources, they are striving to make the school a better one.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Trying and making an effort
A game
all out
assault
attempt
attempted
commitment
crack
go after someone
go all outidiom
go down swinging/fightingidiom
go for itidiom
go for someone
nose
seek
shoot the worksidiom
smarten (someone/something) up
smarten up your actidiom
spare
square the circleidiom
step on the gasidiom

Examples of endeavoured

endeavoured

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Religious studies has instead endeavoured to uncover the human race's contact with sacred, transcendent reality through a study of the world's religions.
We ask if seniors who received help from their family endeavoured to give help back.
I have endeavoured in my words to keep as close as possible to the vernacular expressions.
In forming our conclusions, therefore, we have throughout endeavoured to make allowance for this.
Two of the patients who agreed to participate subsequently dropped out, and although we endeavoured to obtain replacements, this proved impossible.
This provided excellent opportunities for observing how older people experienced the problems of ageing as they endeavoured to exercise.
Classical management regimes endeavoured to suppress fires entirely, apparently preserving the status quo in terms of the most evident variables.
The first worker endeavoured to analyse the factors causing the reflex.
Inevitably, what he endeavoured to include or exclude has influenced our reading.
She has endeavoured at all times to maintain a balance amongst different theoretical positions.
The economic unit, the family, endeavoured to fill the gap created by the army's mobilization.
I have endeavoured to study the experience of spatial characteristics and the ability of space to convey meaning.
In truth, both sides endeavoured to turn their parliamentary arguments into future votes.
They endeavoured to excel in the splendour and elegance of their equipage, houses and tables.
Professionalization therefore appears to constitute a process in which certain types of occupational groups have endeavoured to capitalize upon an existing advantage, but for a complex combination of reasons.
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