Dictionary Definition
strive
Verb
2 to exert much effort or energy; "straining our
ears to hear" [syn: reach,
strain] [also: strove, striven]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /'stɻaɪv/
- Rhymes: -aɪv
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
to try
- Czech: usilovat
- Dutch: streven
- Esperanto: strebi
- Finnish: pyrkiä, ponnistella, yrittää
- French: s'efforcer
- German: streben
- Indonesian: berjuang, memperjuangkan, bersusah payah
- Italian: sforzarsi
- Japanese: 努力する (どりょくする, doryoku-suru), 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
- Kurdish:
- Norwegian: streve
- Polish: starać się
- Portuguese: esforçar-se, batalhar por algo
- Slovene: stremeti, prizadevati si
- Telugu: కష్టించు (kashTiMchu), కృషి చేయు (krushi cEyu)
Extensive Definition
- STRIVE Act of 2007, proposed United States legislation
- Jihad — for Striving in Islam
- Conation — for the Latin word
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
agonize, aim, aim to, assay, attempt, attempt to, battle, be determined, box, brawl, broil, buffet, clash, close, collide, combat, come to blows, compete, contend, contest, cut and thrust, dare
to, drive, duel, endeavor, essay, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, give and
take, give satisfaction, go all out, grapple, grapple with, grunt and
sweat, hassle, huff and
puff, jostle, joust, labor, make every effort, mix it
up, moil, offer, pretend to, quarrel, rassle, resolve, riot, run a tilt, scramble, scuffle, seek, seek to, skirmish, spar, strain, strive to, struggle, study, study to, sweat, sweat blood, thrust and
parry, tilt, toil, tourney, travail, try, try and, try hard, try to,
tug, tussle, undertake, venture to, wage
war, war, work, work at, wrestle