Striveverb
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
‘He strove to excel.’; ‘to strive for the truth’;
Strivingnoun
Effort; the act of one who strives.
Striveverb
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
‘to strive against fate’;
Strivingadjective
a. & n. from Strive.
Striveverb
To vie; to compete as a rival.
Strivingnoun
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
Strivenoun
(obsolete) An effort; a striving.
Strivenoun
(obsolete) strife; contention
Striveverb
To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
‘Was for this his ambition stroveTo equal Cæsar first, and after, Jove?’;
Striveverb
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; - followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
‘My Spirit shall not always strive with man.’; ‘Why dost thou strive against him?’; ‘Now private pity strove with public hate,Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.’;
Striveverb
To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
‘[Not] that sweet groveOf Daphne, by Orontes and the inspiredCastalian spring, might with this paradiseOf Eden strive.’;
Strivenoun
An effort; a striving.
Strivenoun
Strife; contention.
Striveverb
attempt by employing effort;
‘we endeavor to make our customers happy’;
Striveverb
to exert much effort or energy;
‘straining our ears to hear’;
Striveverb
make great efforts to achieve or obtain something
‘national movements were striving for independence’; ‘we must strive to secure steady growth’;
Striveverb
struggle or fight vigorously
‘scholars must strive against bias’;
