What does strive mean?

Definitions for strive
straɪv; ˈstrɪv ənstrive

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word strive.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. endeavor, endeavour, striveverb

    attempt by employing effort

    "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

  2. strive, reach, strainverb

    to exert much effort or energy

    "straining our ears to hear"

Wiktionary

  1. striveverb

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

    He strove to excel.

  2. striveverb

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

  3. Etymology: 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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To STRIVEverb

    Preterite I strove, anciently I strived; part. pass. striven.

    Etymology: streven, Dutch; estriver, French.

    The immutability of God they strive unto, by working after one and the same manner. Richard Hooker.

    Many brave young minds have, through hearing the praises and eulogies of worthy men, been stirred up to affect the like commendations, and so strive to the like deserts. Edmund Spenser.

    Strive with me in your prayers to God for me. Rom. xv.

    So have I strived to preach the gospel. Rom. xv. 20.

    Do as adversaries do in law,
    Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. William Shakespeare.

    Thou art caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord. Jer. l. 24.

    Strive for the truth unto death. Ecclus iv. 28.

    Why dost thou strive against him? Job xxxiii. 13.

    Charge them that they strive not about words to no profit. 2 Tim. ii. 14.

    Avoid contentions and strivings about the law. Tit. iii. 9.

    This is only warrantable conflict for the trial of our faith; so that these strivings are not a contending with superior powers. Roger L'Estrange.

    Thus does every wicked man that contemns God, who can save or destroy him who strives with his Maker. John Tillotson.

    Now private pity strove with publick hate,
    Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. John Denham.

    If intestine broils alarm the hive,
    For two pretenders oft for empire strive,
    The vulgar in divided factions jar;
    And murm’ring sounds proclaim the civil war. Dryden.

    Nor that sweet grove
    Of Daphne by Orontes, and the inspir’d
    Castalian spring, might with this paradise
    Of Eden strive. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

ChatGPT

  1. strive

    Strive refers to making great efforts or working hard to achieve or accomplish a goal, task, or objective. It involves determination, diligence, and commitment to overcome challenges or obstacles in pursuing a desired result or outcome.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Striveverb

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

  2. Striveverb

    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. Striveverb

    to vie; to compete; to be a rival

  4. Strivenoun

    an effort; a striving

  5. Strivenoun

    strife; contention

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  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. estriverestrif, strife—Scand., Ice. strídh, strife.]

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  1. Verbs Frequency

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

Anagrams for strive »

  1. rivets

  2. stiver

  3. verist

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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. Purvi Raniga:

    Change is constant. When we strive to become a better person than who we were yesterday, that change becomes sweetest.

  2. Adrian Hogan:

    The thing I really found inspiring was the different approach -- to all kinds of aspect of life, of course, but especially in relation to drawing that I didn't understood until I came here, japanese drawings are often very flat. They don't really strive to create an illusion of three-dimensional that we often do in Western drawing.

  3. Erin Wilson:

    I am so proud of seeing him strive to make progress despite the pain he is facing, at the same time, it is really difficult watching my 19-year-old boyfriend have to work on using his legs again and recovering after such a life-changing injury.

  4. Kenya Friend-Daniel:

    While this approach to product naming may have been rooted in a lighthearted attempt at inclusiveness, we recognize that it may now have the opposite effect -- one that is contrary to the welcoming, rewarding customer experience we strive to create every day, packaging for a number of the products has already been changed, but there's a small number of products in which the packaging is still going through the process.

  5. Robert James say Smith:

    I will never forget that my path was paved by my parents, grandparents and generations of African-Americans whose names I will never know, their struggles, their courage, and their progress allowed me to strive and achieve. My story would only be possible in America, and it is incumbent on all of us to pay this inheritance forward.

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