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Endeavor Pronunciation
Endeavor is pronounced in-DE-ver, IPA /ɪnˈdɛvɝ/.
in-DE-ver
US /ɪnˈdɛvɝ/
Syllables: in · DE · ver (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun; also verb: A serious attempt at something difficult, spelled endeavour in British English.
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Endeavor in a Sentence
- The whole endeavor took four years.
- We shall endeavor to have it ready by then.
- It was a joint endeavor between two universities.
Common Mispronunciations of Endeavor
Not en-DEE-ver
The stressed vowel is the short e of dead. The ea spelling here behaves as it does in weather, not as in leave.
Not EN-duh-ver
The middle syllable takes the beat: in-DE-ver.
Tip: The extra u in the British spelling endeavour changes nothing in the sound.
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