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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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