What does struggle mean?

Definitions for struggle
ˈstrʌg əlstrug·gle

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

Princeton's WordNet

  1. struggle, battlenoun

    an energetic attempt to achieve something

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

  2. conflict, struggle, battlenoun

    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. struggleverb

    strenuous effort

    "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

  4. fight, struggleverb

    make a strenuous or labored effort

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

  5. struggleverb

    to exert strenuous effort against opposition

    "he struggled to get free from the rope"

  6. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputterverb

    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

  7. contend, fight, struggleverb

    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

  1. strugglenoun

    strife, contention, great effort

  2. struggleverb

    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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Strugglenoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    When, in the division of parties, men only strove for the first place in the prince’s favour, an honest man might look upon the struggle with indifference. Addison.

    It began and ended without any of those unnatural struggles for the chair, which have disturbed the peace of this great city. Francis Atterbury.

  2. To Struggleverb

    Etymology: Of uncertain etymology.

    No man is guilty of an act of intemperance but he might have forborn it; not without some trouble from the strugglings of the contrary habit, but still the thing was possible. South.

    In the time of Henry VIII. differences of religion tore the nation into two mighty factions, and, under the name of Papist and Protestant, struggled in her bowels with many various events. William Temple.

    I repent, like some despairing wretch,
    That boldly plunges in the frightful deep,
    Then pants, and struggles with the whirling waves;
    And catches every slender reed to save him. Smith.

    Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still,
    Exerts itself, and then throws off the ill. Dryden.

    ’Tis wisdom to beware
    And better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare. Dryden.

    If men struggle through as many troubles to be miserable as to be happy; my readers may be persuaded to be good. Spect.

    He struggling groans beneath the cruel hands
    Even of the clowns he feeds. James Thomson.

ChatGPT

  1. struggle

    Struggle, as a noun, refers to a state of great effort, difficulty, or challenge faced by an individual or a group in achieving a desired goal or overcoming an obstacle. It often implies a persistent and prolonged effort to surmount adversities or hardships, and can involve both physical and mental exertion. As a verb, struggle refers to the act of striving or contending with difficulties or opposition in order to achieve something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Struggleverb

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

  2. Struggleverb

    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. Struggleverb

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

  4. Strugglenoun

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

  5. Strugglenoun

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

  6. Strugglenoun

    contest; contention; strife

Wikidata

  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

  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.]

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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

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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. Grant Robertson:

    We are providing the support needed to sports at all levels to remain viable, get stronger and adapt, we have also seen many of our professional sports and athletes struggle as competitions have been cancelled or suspended. Budget 2020 will provide some assistance, so they can keep competing.

  2. President Obama:

    Nemtsov was a tireless advocate for his country, seeking for his fellow Russian citizens the rights to which all people are entitled, i admired Nemtsov’s courageous dedication to the struggle against corruption in Russia and appreciated his willingness to share his candid views with me when we met in Moscow in 2009.

  3. Frederick Douglass:

    If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

  4. Moses Babatope:

    If this goes on much longer, a lot of cinema businesses will struggle to come back, including ours.

  5. Tricia Ferrara:

    Events like this sometimes defy language, and a teen may struggle to discuss. However, remain open for these emerging adults. They need to know that they matter and that the world's complexity is in dire need of their taking the time to think about and understand what it means to be global citizens.

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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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