Definition of "endeavor" []

• A conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt. (noun)
• Purposeful or industrious activity; enterprise. (noun)
• To attempt (fulfillment of a responsibility or an obligation, for example) by employment or expenditure of effort: endeavored to improve the quality of life in the inner city. (verb-transitive)
• To work with a set or specified goal or purpose. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If the endeavor is a group project, the letter should describe in specific terms what the student did and any results from the student's actions."
• "IMHO, the principle focus of this endeavor is an individual improvement of the content of character, regardless of some external “classification.”"
• "Giving yourself to others in a conversation or joint endeavor is caring, loving."