endeavour
Noun
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subtypes:
- fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racket - an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
- forlorn hope - a hopeless or desperate enterprise
- business activity, commercial activity - activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
same as: endeavor, enterprise -
is a type of: activity - any specific behaviorsubtypes:
- batting - (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
- best - the supreme effort one can make
- worst - the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of
- bid, play - an attempt to get something
- crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl - a usually brief attempt
- essay - a tentative attempt
- foray - an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
- contribution, part, share - the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- liberation - the attempt to achieve equal rights or status
- mug's game - a futile or unprofitable endeavor
- power play, squeeze, squeeze play - an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- seeking - an attempt to acquire or gain something
- shot, stab - informal words for any attempt or effort
- shot - an attempt to score in a game
- nisus, pains, strain, striving - an effortful attempt to attain a goal
- battle, struggle - an energetic attempt to achieve something
- takeover attempt - an attempt to take control of a corporation
- run, test, trial - the act of testing something
- test, trial - the act of undergoing testing
Verb
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subtypes:
- struggle - to exert strenuous effort against opposition
- be at pains, take pains - try very hard to do something
- buck - to strive with determination
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