Definitions for strive
straɪv; ˈstrɪv ənstrive

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. endeavor, endeavour, strive(verb)

   attempt by employing effort

   "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

2. strive, reach, strain(verb)

   to exert much effort or energy

   "straining our ears to hear"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. strive(Verb)

   To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

   He strove to excel.

2. strive(Verb)

   To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.

Origin: striven "to strive" from estriver "to compete, quarrel" from estrif "quarrel, dispute", alteration (influenced by forms related to * "to strive", compare streven "to strive", streben "to strive") of estrit, of origin, from * "quarrel, dispute" from strīdō. Akin to strit "quarrel" ( Streit), stritan "to fight", strið "strife, contention". More at stride.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Strive(verb)

   to make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard

2. Strive(verb)

   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

3. Strive(verb)

   to vie; to compete; to be a rival

4. Strive(noun)

   an effort; a striving

5. Strive(noun)

   strife; contention

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Strive

   strīv, v.i. to make efforts (with with, against, for): to endeavour earnestly: to labour hard: to struggle, to fight: to contend: to aim:—pa.t. strōve; pa.p. striv′en.—ns. Strīv′er; Strīv′ing.—adv. Strīv′ingly, with striving, struggles, or earnest efforts. [O. Fr. estriver—estrif, strife—Scand., Ice. strídh, strife.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'strive' in Verbs Frequency: #1095

Anagrams for strive »

1. rivets

2. stiver

How to pronounce strive?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of strive in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of strive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of strive in a Sentence

1. Ashraf Ghani:

   What we strive for is normalcy.

2. H. Jackson Jr. Brown:

   Strive for excellence, not perfection.

3. Horace:

   I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

4. Prime Minister Tammam Salam:

   We must strive to liberate the other soldiers.

5. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses (poem):

   To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

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