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strive
[ strahyv ]
verb (used without object)
- to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
He strove to make himself understood.
- to make strenuous efforts toward any goal:
to strive for success.
Synonyms: toil
- to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete.
- to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance:
to strive against fate.
- to rival; vie.
strive
/ straɪv /
verb
- may take a clause as object or an infinitive to make a great and tenacious effort
to strive to get promotion
- intr to fight; contend
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Derived Forms
- ˈstriver, noun
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Other Words From
- striv·er noun
- in·ter·strive verb (used without object) interstrove interstriven interstriving
- out·strive verb (used with object) outstrove outstriven outstriving
- o·ver·strive verb (used without object) overstrove overstriven overstriving
- re·strive verb (used without object) restrove restriven restriving
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strive1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strive1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
“I strive to make people forget me as a woman and see me just as someone who knows her job,” she said in an interview.
Will it strive for purity or aim for as big a tent as possible?
And if we are going to have to live with our past and current racism, then we must strive for undetectable levels of infection.
These approaches are critical as they strive to fix the innate issue: spinal cord damage.
We live in a world bombarded by images of skinny women that are presented as the ideal body type to strive for.
Strive to speak or sing fluently without breaking the quality of tone used.
I know I strive after the unattainable, but still every year I get nearer and nearer to the goal.
Here again the first thing necessary is a clear vision of the goal towards which we are to strive.
A few hundreds of Europeans would strive to keep at bay tens of thousands of eager rebels.
But the sailors plunge into the very fire itself; entering the houses, they strive to rescue the contents until the roofs fall in.
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