strive
PronunciationSynonyms
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈstɹaɪv/
From Middle English striven, from Old French estriver, from Frankish *strīban from Proto-Germanic *strībaną, or from Frankish *stribēn from Proto-Germanic *stribāną.
Verbstrive (strives, present participle striving; simple past strove, past participle striven)
- To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
- He strove to excel.
- We strive for the truth.
- To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
- to strive against fate
- 1668, John Denham, “On the Earl of Strafford’s Tryal and Death”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, 4th edition, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry] Herringman […], →OCLC ↗:
- Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
- 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC ↗, page 7 ↗:
- We have met this new thing that has come upon the earth and have striven against its armies, but could not drive them forth; and the new thing is beautiful but very angry, and is creeping towards the gods.
- To vie; to compete as a rival.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
- [Not] that sweet grove
Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired
Castalian spring, might with this paradise
Of Eden strive.
Conjugation of strive
- put/keep/&c. one's nose to the grindstone, put one's back into, give 110%, break one's back, work hard, apply oneself, put one's shoulder to the wheel
- French: s'efforcer, s'appliquer
- German: streben, bemühen, anstrengen, ringen um, sich einsetzen für
- Italian: sforzarsi, cercare, ambire, arrabattarsi, ingegnarsi, adoperarsi, impegnarsi, dare il massimo
- Portuguese: esforçar-se, batalhar, aplicar-se
- Russian: стреми́ться
- Spanish: esforzarse, afanarse, aplicarse, romperse el lomo, deslomarse, luchar, echarle ganas
- French: (against) combattre
- German: (against) ringen mit, sich einsetzen gegen
- Italian: lottare, battersi
- Russian: бороться
strive (plural strives)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of strife
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