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Definition of Strive
1. Verb. Attempt by employing effort. "We endeavor to make our customers happy"
Specialized synonyms: Struggle, Be At Pains, Take Pains, Buck
Generic synonyms: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Derivative terms: Endeavor, Endeavor, Endeavour, Endeavour, Striving
2. Verb. To exert much effort or energy. "Straining our ears to hear"
Specialized synonyms: Extend Oneself, Kill Oneself, Overexert Oneself, Bother, Inconvenience Oneself, Trouble, Trouble Oneself
Generic synonyms: Drive, Labor, Labour, Push, Tug
Derivative terms: Strain, Strain
Definition of Strive
1. v. i. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
2. n. An effort; a striving.
Definition of Strive
1. Verb. To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. ¹
2. Verb. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strive
1. to exert much effort or energy [v STROVE or STRIVED, STRIVEN, STRIVING, STRIVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strive
Literary usage of Strive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XLIX Of the desire after eternal life, and how great blessings are promised
to those who strive " MY Son, when thou feelest the desire of eternal ..."
2. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XLIX Of the desire after eternal life, and how great blessings are promised
to those who strive " MY Son, when thou feelest the desire of eternal ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"I. To struggle; to labour; to make an effort. The immutability of God they strive
unto, by working after one and the same manner. Hooter. ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"CHAPTER XLIX Of the desire after eternal life, and how great blessings are promised
to those who strive " MY Son, when thou feelest the desire of eternal ..."
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