human endeavour

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandendeavour

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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endeavour
noun[C or U]
uk
/enˈdev.ər/us
/enˈdev.ɚ/
an attempt to ...
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(Definition ofhumanandendeavourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhuman endeavour

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The document is sound, comprehensive and extremely impressive in the depth of coverage, and embodies a very large resource inhumanendeavour.
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This is no less true of plainsong and medieval music than of any field ofhumanendeavour.
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Up to the present space travellers might be characterized as a rarefied scientific community, together for the specific purpose of pursuinghumanendeavourin space.
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New spheres ofhumanendeavourdevelop their own pattern language, which must link to existing pattern languages in related fields.
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Wars, politics, economics,humanendeavourand wickedness determine as time goes forward what housing is available, the costs of it and the way it is regulated.
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There is here a vast field forhumanendeavourand industrial statesmanship.
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We live in a very exciting age, in which science has opened up new horizons forhumanendeavour.
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It is not about creativity over the whole field ofhumanendeavour—that is a much wider subject—but about the science base.
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On the other hand, however, research gives rise in all fields ofhumanendeavourto demand for information and communications technology.
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Inevitably, there are continual changes in these branches ofhumanendeavour, as in others.
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There is no doubt whatever that this reffects not only abundant faith in the future but a great investment ofhumanendeavourand material wealth.
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There is a danger of our reaching the end ofhumanendeavouras regards the amount of arable land.
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What we really want to do is cut down the waste ofhumanendeavourcaused by accidents.
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I agree that it is difficult to make any sort of assessment of motivation in the sphere ofhumanendeavour.
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It is always possible and necessary to set financial limitations on every form ofhumanendeavour.
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Yet this is the one area ofhumanendeavourwhere we cannot equate the quality of the output with the quantity of money going in.
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The process of creating wealth is putting money to work together withhumanendeavour.
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It is not simply that high taxes are detrimental tohumanendeavour.
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We must surely know that nothing is free, and that allhumanendeavourseeks some reward.
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