strive

strive  (strv)

intr.v. strove (strv), striv·en (strvn) or strived, striv·ing, strives

1. To exert much effort or energy; endeavor.

2. To struggle or fight forcefully; contend: strive against injustice.

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[Middle English striven, from Old French estriver, from estrit, estrif, quarrel; see strife.]

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striver n.

striving·ly adv.

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strive [straɪv]

vb strives, striving, strove, striven [ˈstrɪv^ən]

1. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to make a great and tenacious effort to strive to get promotion

2. (intr) to fight; contend

[from Old French estriver, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German streben to strive, Old Norse strītha to fight]

striver  n

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strive

• compete - Comes from Latin competere, "come together," but in later Latin, it developed the sense "strive together," which was the basis for the English term.
• repugn, repugnant - Repugn means "to strive against" or "be contradictory or inconsistent," giving us repugnant.
• strive - Seems to be from Old French estriver, "quarrel, strive."
• win - Its Germanic base gave it its first meaning, "to labor, strive, work."

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	strive - attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" endeavor, endeavour struggle - to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope" attempt, essay, try, assay, seek - make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" be at pains, take pains - try very hard to do something buck - to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"
	2.	strive - to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" strain, reach extend oneself - strain to the utmost kill oneself, overexert oneself - strain oneself more than is healthy labor, labour, tug, push, drive - strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself, trouble - take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"

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strive

verb try, labour, struggle, fight, attempt, compete, strain, contend, endeavour, go for it (informal), try hard, toil, make every effort, go all out (informal), bend over backwards (informal), do your best, go for broke (slang), leave no stone unturned, bust a gut (informal), do all you can, give it your best shot (informal), jump through hoops (informal), break your neck (informal), exert yourself, make an all-out effort (informal), knock yourself out (informal), do your utmost, do your damnedest (informal), give it your all (informal), rupture yourself (informal) He strives hard to keep himself very fit.

Translations

strive [straɪv] (strove (pt) (striven (pp))) VI → esforzarse, procurar
to strive after or for sth → esforzarse por conseguir algo
to strive against sth → luchar contra algo
to strive to do sth → esforzarse por hacer algo

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strive [ˈstraɪv] [strove] (pt) [striven] (pp) vi
to strive to do sth → s'efforcer de faire qch
to strive for sth → aspirer à qch

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strive pret <strove>, ptp <striven>

vi (= exert oneself) → sich bemühen; (= fight) → kämpfen; to strive to do something → bestrebt or bemüht sein, etw zu tun; to strive for or (old) after something → etw anstreben, nach etw streben; to strive against something → gegen etw (an)kämpfen; to strive with somebody/something → mit jdm/etw ringen or kämpfen

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strive [straɪv] (strove (pt) (striven (pp))) [ˈstrɪvn] vi → sforzarsi
strive as he might → per quanto si sforzasse
to strive after or for sth → lottare per ottenere qc
to strive to do sth → sforzarsi di fare qc, fare ogni sforzo per fare qc

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strive

v strive [straiv]

to try very hard or struggle He always strives to please his teacher. strewe يُكافِح، يُناضِل стремя се usilovat bestræbe sig på sich (be)mühen πασχίζω, μοχθώ, αγωνίζομαι esforzarse püüdma, pingutama سعي كردن yrittää kovasti s'efforcer de לְהֵיָאֵבק होड़ करना, प्रतिस्पर्धा करना nastojati, truditi se igyekszik berusaha keras leggja sig allan fram sforzarsi 努める 분투하다 stengtis, siekti censties; pūlēties berusaha zijn best doen strebe, kjempe (for å) usiłować, starać się, wysilać się esforçar-se a se strădui стремиться usilovať prizadevati si težiti sträva efter, bemöda sig om พยายามอย่างที่สุด uğraşmak, didinmek 力求 старатися; докладати зусиль جد و جہد کرنا phấn đấu, đấu tranh 力求