What does struggle mean?
Definitions for struggle
ˈstrʌg əlstrug·gle
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word struggle.
Princeton's WordNet
struggle, battle(noun)
an energetic attempt to achieve something
"getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
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"
struggle(verb)
strenuous effort
"the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
fight, struggle(verb)
make a strenuous or labored effort
"She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
struggle(verb)
to exert strenuous effort against opposition
"he struggled to get free from the rope"
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter(verb)
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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
struggle(Noun)
strife, contention, great effort
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
Struggle(verb)
to strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body
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
Struggle(verb)
to labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress
Struggle(noun)
a violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress
Struggle(noun)
great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil
Struggle(noun)
contest; contention; strife
Freebase
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
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2711
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4009
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Nouns Frequency: #1040
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'struggle' in Verbs Frequency: #496
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of struggle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of struggle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of struggle in a Sentence
Having President Obama and the weight of the White House behind efforts to ban conversion therapy is so critical in the fight for transgender and LGB young people, my hope is that when a transgender person's struggle is acknowledged by one of the most recognizable figures in the world, it positively changes the way they view themselves. The pseudo-science that propels conversion therapy cannot match the self-acceptance that comes with this kind of change.
The Filipino loves his country no less than the Spaniard does his, and although he is quieter, more peaceful and with more difficulty stirred up, once aroused he does not hesitate and for him the struggle means death to the finish. He has both the meekness and ferocity of the carabao. Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds.
I’m still trying to get over the fact that I almost died, so that’s the biggest struggle first and then it’s like: I created her so how can something I created end up being my biggest blessing?
Retailers that don’t do that today are going to struggle to get insurance.
The goal of the military campaign is to integrate the diverse paths of the struggle -- the armed uprising and civil disobedience -- in order to stop the elections and bring down the autocratic system.
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Translations for struggle
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- strydAfrikaans
- كفاح, كافح, نضال, النArabic
- змаганне, бітва, змагацца, біцца, бой, барацьбаBelarusian
- боря, битка, бия, борбаBulgarian
- lluitaCatalan, Valencian
- zápasit, boj, zápas, bitvaCzech
- kamp, kæmpeDanish
- tun, Kampf, durchbeißenGerman
- αγώναςGreek
- esforzarse con denuedo, lucha, lucharSpanish
- پیکار, کلنجارPersian
- kamppailla, taistelu, ponnistellaFinnish
- lutte, combattre, s'efforcer, lutterFrench
- sníomhIrish
- iomairtScottish Gaelic
- viaskodik, harcol, küzdelem, küzdHungarian
- lotta, lottareItalian
- 闘争, 奮闘Japanese
- 투쟁Korean
- خهبات, تێکۆشانKurdish
- takaoraoratanga, tāruketanga, oke, hōkariri, takaoraora, tāruke, okeoke, tawhetatanga, parawhetawheta, nonoke, nonoketangaMāori
- борба, бориMacedonian
- gevecht, moeite hebben met, strijd, worstelen, vechtenDutch
- streve, kjempe, slåss, sliteNorwegian
- bój, walka, bić, bitwa, walczyćPolish
- debater-se, luta, lutarPortuguese
- zbate, luptaRomanian
- битва, бороться, биться, бой, сражаться, борьба, дратьсяRussian
- битка, boj, борба, bitka, borba, boriti, бој, боритиSerbo-Croatian
- bitka, biť, zápas, bojovať, bojSlovak
- borba, boriti, bojSlovene
- kamp, kämpaSwedish
- పోరాటంTelugu
- mücadele etmekTurkish
- битися, боротьба, битва, боротися, бійUkrainian
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