Striving

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strive \Strive\, v. i. [imp. {Strove}; p. p. {Striven}(Rarely,
     {Strove}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striving}.] [OF. estriver; of
     Teutonic origin, and akin to G. streben, D. streven, Dan.
     straebe, Sw. str[aum]fva. Cf. {Strife}.]
     1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with
        earnestness; to labor hard.


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              Was for this his ambition strove
              To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove? --Cowley.
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     2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute;
        to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with
        before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against
        temptation; strive for the truth. --Chaucer.
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              My Spirit shall not always strive with man. --Gen.
                                                    vi. 3.
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              Why dost thou strive against him?     --Job xxxiii.
                                                    13.
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              Now private pity strove with public hate,
              Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. --Denham.
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     3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. --Chaucer.
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              [Not] that sweet grove
              Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired
              Castalian spring, might with this paradise
              Of Eden strive.                       --Milton.
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     Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Striving \Striv"ing\,
     a. & n. from {Strive}. -- {Striv"ing*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  striving
       n : an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: {nisus}, {pains},
            {strain}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "striving":
     aim, ambition, animus, aspiration, battling, combat, competition,
     conflict, contending, contestant, contesting, counsel,
     desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination,
     disputant, drudging, effect, effort, emulation, endeavor, essay,
     exertion, fight, fighting, fixed purpose, function, grinding,
     grubbing, hardworking, hassle, idea, intendment, intent, intention,
     labor, laboring, meaning, mind, motive, nisus, pegging, plan,
     plodding, plugging, point, project, proposal, prospectus, purpose,
     quarrelsome, resolution, resolve, rivalry, sake, slaving, slogging,
     strain, straining, strife, struggle, struggling, study, sweating,
     toil, toiling, travail, trial, try, tug-of-war, undertaking, view,
     warfare, warlike, warring, will, work, working