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Definition of Struggle
1. Noun. An energetic attempt to achieve something. "He fought a battle for recognition"
Generic synonyms: Attempt, Effort, Endeavor, Endeavour, Try
Specialized synonyms: Duel, Scramble, Scuffle, Joust, Tilt
2. Verb. Make a strenuous or labored effort. "He fought for breath"
Specialized synonyms: Drive, Labor, Labour, Push, Tug, Flounder
Generic synonyms: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Derivative terms: Fight, Struggler
3. Noun. An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals). "Police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
Specialized synonyms: Class Struggle, Class War, Class Warfare, Insurrection, Rebellion, Revolt, Rising, Uprising, Counterinsurgency, Pacification, Strife, Tug-of-war, Turf War, Combat, Fight, Fighting, Scrap, Feud, War, Warfare
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Derivative terms: Battle
4. Verb. To exert strenuous effort against opposition. "He struggled to get free from the rope"
5. Noun. Strenuous effort. "The struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
Specialized synonyms: Grapple, Grappling, Hand-to-hand Struggle, Wrestle, Wrestling
6. Verb. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
Generic synonyms: Climb
Derivative terms: Clamber
7. Verb. Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight. "Sam cannot struggle Sue "; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
Entails: Compete, Contend, Vie
Specialized synonyms: Bear Down, Fistfight, Join Battle, Tug, Defend, Fight, Fight Back, Fight Down, Oppose, Get Back, Settle, Fight Back, Battle, Combat, War, Assail, Attack, Duel, Joust, Chicken-fight, Chickenfight, Tourney, Feud, Skirmish, Bandy, Fence, Box, Spar, Scuffle, Tussle, Wrestle, Engage, Wage
Derivative terms: Fight, Fight, Fight, Fighter, Fighter, Fighting
Also: Fight Off
Definition of Struggle
1. v. i. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
2. n. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
Definition of Struggle
1. Noun. strife, contention, great effort ¹
2. Verb. to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (''for'' or ''against''), to contend. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Struggle
1. to make strenuous efforts against opposition [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Struggle
Literary usage of Struggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER III struggle FOR EXISTENCE 2(9 bearing on natural selection—The term used
in a wide sense- Geometrical ratio of increase—Rapid increase of ..."
2. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER III struggle FOR EXISTENCE Its bearing on natural selection—The term used
in a wide sense—• Geometrical ratio of increase—Rapid increase of ..."
3. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin (1878)
"struggle FOR EXISTENCE. Its bearing on natural selection—The term used in a wide
sense—Geometrical ratio of increase — Rapid increase of naturalised animals ..."
4. Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1902)
"CHAPTER III struggle FOB ... animals and plants throughout nature—struggle for
life most severe between individuals and varieties of the same species: often ..."
5. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1880)
"Beginning of the Constitutional struggle. —. The Provisions of Oxford, and government
... The struggle is continuous ; the fortunes of parties alternate ..."
6. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1877)
"Constitutional struggle.—. Close of the reign.—. Summary.. THE Great Charter
closes one epoch aad begins another, On the one hand it is the united act of a ..."
7. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1875)
"THE struggle FOB THE CHARTERS.. Outline of the Period.—. ... The struggle is
continuous; the fortunes of parties alternate ; the immediate object of ..."
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