Endeavoring

//ɪnˈdɛvəɹɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt.

    "This is so because efforts, exertions, and endeavorings, if they were to exist, would need to be actions themselves, or parts of actions, or subactions or behaviors of some sort […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of endeavor form-of, gerund, participle, present

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attemptenterpriseenterprisestrivestriveaccept

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"Yanni and Rima are endeavoring to save their relationship."

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