Definitions for struggle
ˈstrʌg əlstrug·gle

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. struggle, battle(noun)

   an energetic attempt to achieve something

   "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"

2. conflict, struggle, battle(noun)

   an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

   "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

3. struggle(verb)

   strenuous effort

   "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

4. fight, struggle(verb)

   make a strenuous or labored effort

   "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

5. struggle(verb)

   to exert strenuous effort against opposition

   "he struggled to get free from the rope"

6. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter(verb)

   climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

7. contend, fight, struggle(verb)

   be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

   "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. struggle(Noun)

   strife, contention, great effort

2. struggle(Verb)

   to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

   During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Struggle(verb)

   to strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body

2. Struggle(verb)

   to use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity

3. Struggle(verb)

   to labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress

4. Struggle(noun)

   a violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress

5. Struggle(noun)

   great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil

6. Struggle(noun)

   contest; contention; strife

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Struggle

   Struggle is the first album released by the four-piece alternative metal music group, Nonpoint. It was released through the now defunct independent label, Jugular Records. Several of the songs were later re-used on the band's next album, Statement. The album was reissued under the title Separate Yourself: The Beginning 1997-1998 and is still available for purchase either at concerts or via the band's website.

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

1. Struggle

   strug′l, v.i. to make great efforts with contortions of the body: to make great exertions: to contend: to labour in pain: to be in agony or distress.—n. a violent effort with contortions of the body: great labour: agony.—n. Strugg′ler, one who struggles, strives, or contends. [Skeat explains M. E. strogelen as a weakened form of an assumed strokelen, a freq. verb, from Ice. strok-, stem of strokinn, pa.p. of strjúka, to strike; cf. Ice. strokka, to churn, also Sw. stryka, to strike.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2711

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4009

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Nouns Frequency: #1040

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Verbs Frequency: #496

How to pronounce struggle?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of struggle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of struggle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of struggle in a Sentence

1. Kallum Pickering:

   All hell could break loose as the various factions of parliament struggle to gain control of the Brexit process, we are probably about to enter the phase of peak uncertainty.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   So as a nation, we have a right to be very proud of the successes that we have seen because of the struggle of millions of people to create a less discriminatory society. That is something we should be proud of, but there is one struggle in which not only have we not succeeded but in which we are losing ground and that is the fundamental struggle for economic justice.

3. Brenda Scott:

   The struggle continues, i don’t think The UAW should just pack up and move out of here. … I think we owe The UAW to The UAW to not walk away. … Nissan is going to go right back to business as usual.

4. Gus Deeds:

   I was impressed by their thoughtfulness, because a lot of these young people had seen bullying. They had seen depression. They had seen classmates that had died by suicide, it's part of tearing down the stigma and providing some equality with those that struggle with mental health.

5. H.W. Mann:

   Strength is forged out of struggle

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