Strive
[straɪv]
Definition
(verb.) to exert much effort or energy; 'straining our ears to hear'.
Checker: Scott--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
(n.) An effort; a striving.
(n.) Strife; contention.
Editor: Vicky
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Labor, endeavor, toil, struggle, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best, lay one's self out.[2]. Contend, contest, fight, compete, cope, have a contest.[3]. [Poetical.] Vie, compare, be comparable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Labor, endeavor, aim, contest, toil, try, struggle, contend, vie
ANT:Relax, surrender, succumb, submit, yield, withdraw
Edited by Faye
Definition
v.i. to make efforts (with with against for): to endeavour earnestly: to labour hard: to struggle to fight: to contend: to aim:—pa.t. strōve; pa.p. striv′en.—ns. Strīv′er; Strīv′ing.—adv. Strīv′ingly with striving struggles or earnest efforts.
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Examples
- But money is not what _I_ strive for. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But, no; in times of misery we must fight against our destinies, and strive not to be overcome by them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I must struggle on: strive to live and bend to toil like the rest. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And Gerald could not help it, he was bound to strive to come up to her criterion, fulfil her idea of a man and a human-being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- One ought to wrestle and strive and be physically close. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You are all striving for money. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It appeared to be something interesting, for every one was pushing and striving to get nearer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You are not striving to look taller than any body else. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They were striving for greater freedom in nature and society. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Many were convinced that the end of the world was at hand, and strove to fix their thoughts solely on the world to come. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She strove to think it was right that she should be so punished. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The poor creature fell on her knees before me, and strove in vain to express her gratitude, with wild incoherency. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Again and again he strove to break away, but I as often headed him off. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- By selecting the best for its exclusive use, it strives to reinforce the power of this best. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And this is another spell against which the shedder of blood for ever strives in vain. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The successes for which it strives, the achievements upon which it sets store, are connected with fighting and victory. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Yet that there is a common impulse in modern thought which strives towards autonomy is true and worth remarking. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The scientist shows no rapture for exalted views; in fact, with an instinct for mediocrity, he is envious and strives for the destruction of the exceptional ma n. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- To-day he has striven to kill before my face the only other living creature that ever showed me kindness. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Like ethical insight, or spiritual illumination , the scientific idea comes to those who have striven for it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I have striven long to avoid exposure, and I should not like it to come at last. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We have striven hard to learn. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If so, he had striven to save the son, who came in defiance of the law to attend his mother's death-bed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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