struggle1 verbstruggle2 noun
strugglestrug‧gle1 /ˈstrʌɡəl/ ●●○ W3 verb [intransitive] 
VERB TABLE
struggle
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | struggle |
| he, she, it | struggles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | struggled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have struggled |
| he, she, it | has struggled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had struggled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will struggle |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have struggled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am struggling |
| he, she, it | is struggling | |
| you, we, they | are struggling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was struggling |
| you, we, they | were struggling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been struggling |
| he, she, it | has been struggling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been struggling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be struggling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been struggling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It seems that he struggled with the robber and got quite seriously hurt.
- Johnny is struggling in school.
- She tried to struggle but he put his hand over her mouth.
- The victim had obviously struggled furiously against her attacker.
- Vince struggled to free himself from the policeman's grip.
- Ally Mauchlen, substituted on Saturday with a groin strain, is also struggling to make it.
- I struggled and shouted as he dragged me out into the corridor.
- In a small way, private schemes also exist in Maryland and Ohio, though these too have been struggling of late.
- Sethe slid to the floor and struggled to get back into her dress.
- The couple had struggled to convince the public of their sincerity.
- Underresourced hospitals struggle to provide medicines and care.
- When you are first struggling to make your business a success, you are particularly vulnerable.
THESAURUS
to take action in order to do something that you may not be able to do: · I tried to explain what was wrong.· He tries hard in class, but he’s finding the work difficult.
to try to do something, especially something difficult. Attempt is more formal than try and is used especially in written English: · Any prisoner who attempts to escape will be shot.· He was attempting to climb one of the world’s highest mountains.
to try as hard as you can to do something: · We will do our best to help them.
to try to do something, when you find this difficult: · It is worth making an effort to master these skills.· She made a big effort to be nice to him.
to try very hard to do something that is very difficult, especially for a long time: · She’s still struggling to give up smoking.· Many of these families are struggling to survive.
formal to try very hard to achieve something: · The company must constantly strive for greater efficiency.
British English, endeavor American English formal to try hard to do something: · Each employee shall endeavour to provide customers with the best service possible.
informal to try to do something, especially when you are not sure that you will succeed: · I’m not very good at fixing taps, but I’ll have a go.· Do you want to have another try?
spoken to try to do something – used when offering to do something, or suggesting that someone should do something: · I’ll see if I can get you a ticket.· See if you can persuade her to come.
Longman Language Activatorwhen people fight each other if people fight , or if one person fights another, they hit or kick each other in order to hurt each other: · Two men were fighting in the street outside.· He said he'd fight anyone who tried to stop him entering.fight with: · Billy had been fighting with some kids from another school.fight over/about: · Two men in the bar began fighting over a game of cards.· As kids, we fought about everything, but now we're pretty good friends.
to fight with another person: · The two girls had a fist fight in the school cafeteria.have a fight with: · He ran away from school after he had a fight with a bigger boy.
to fight someone who is attacking you or holding you, especially so that you can escape from them: · She tried to struggle but he put his hand over her mouth.struggle to do something: · Vince struggled to free himself from the policeman's grip.struggle with: · It seems that he struggled with the robber and got quite seriously hurt.struggle against: · The victim had obviously struggled furiously against her attacker.
to fight someone by holding, pulling, or pushing them rather than hitting them: · The two boys wrestled for a while then gave up, tired.wrestle with: · His jaw was broken while he tried to wrestle with a drunken bus driver.
if two people come to blows , they start fighting after an argument or when both people are very angry: · Police say they don't know what the two were arguing about, only that it came to blows.
if two groups of people, especially people with opposing opinions or aims, clash , they fight for a short time: · Animal rights activists and fox-hunters clashed at the annual Boxing Day hunt.· Police clashed with demonstrators for the second time in a week.
to try to get a job, position, prize etc to try to get something you want very much, for example a job, a prize, or a chance to study somewhere: · Why don't you try for this job as an Assistant Scientific Officer?· I've decided to try for Harvard University.
to try to get something you want very much, especially something that is difficult to achieve, such as a prize or a high position: · Why don't you go for a music scholarship?· Are you going to go for the senior manager's job?
American to try to get chosen for a sports team or for a part in a play: · Joan tried out for the school basketball team.· I'm not going to bother trying out for the play - I know I'm not good enough!
to try to make someone give you something or say something good about you without asking them directly: · He was talking to Helen, angling for an invitation to her next party.· She asked us how she looked, obviously angling for a compliment.
to try to get an important job or a position of power - used mainly in newspapers: · The party now feels the time is right to make a bid for power.make a successful/unsuccessful bid for something: · Mr Meaney made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency two years ago.
American informal to try to get an important job or achieve something very difficult: · There are five Democrat candidates shooting for president this year.· Management is shooting for a 40% increase in productivity over six months.· I think you should go for it - shoot for the top!
to make a lot of effort over a long period to get something that is very important to you, but that is very difficult to get: · The people are still struggling for liberation from a brutal, oppressive regime.· Many small businesses are struggling for survival in this difficult economic climate.· He struggled for the right words to say.
to put all your energy and determination into trying to get or win something: go all out for: · The German team will be going all out for a win in next Saturday's game.go all out to do something: · We're going all out to make our sales target this year.
to try to get a part in a play, concert, film etc by performing to a group of people who will judge whether or not you are suitable for it: audition for: · She met her husband when she auditioned for the part of Ophelia in an all-black production of "Hamlet".
to try to do something · Sorry I didn't phone you. I did try, but your line was busy.· I tried all the keys, but none of them would open the door.try to do something · I tried to get another job but I had no luck.· Try to relax and empty your mind.· He tried to walk past me down the stairs, but I stopped him.try hard (=try using a lot of effort) · I was trying hard to concentrate, but my mind kept wandering.try doing something · You could try parking by the library - there's usually room in the car park there.try and do something · I'll tell some jokes to try and cheer him up.
to try to do something, especially something that is difficult, dangerous, or new: · No one has attempted this experiment before.· A rescue was attempted by Coast Guards, but it was not successful.attempt to do something: · Any prisoner who attempts to escape will be shot.· Someone had attempted to open the car door.· They are attempting to become the first to climb Everest without oxygen tanks.
also have a go especially British spoken to try to do something, especially when you think you may not succeed: · I can't get the lid off this jar. Do you want to have a try?· Have a go - you might be able to get the answer.have a try/go at doing something: · We had a go at trying to coax the cat indoors using scraps of food.
spoken to try to do something - use this either to offer to do something for someone, or to ask someone to do something for you: · If you want to come to the show, I'll see if I can get you a ticket.· See if you can get him to change his mind.
to try on one occasion to do something, especially something difficult, dangerous, or new: make an attempt to do something: · I made an attempt to apologize, but Brian wouldn't even talk to me.· Several attempts were made to negotiate with the gunmen.make no attempt to do something: · The protesters made no attempt to resist arrest.
British /endeavor to do something American formal to try to do something: · We always endeavour to provide our customers with the highest standards of service.· I remained for some time endeavouring to engage Mr Campbell in conversation.
formal to try to achieve something, especially something that may take a long time but which you think is important: · The Smiths are now seeking to take their case to the European Court.· For over two decades the USA sought to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.· Our economic policies seek to increase productivity, expand markets and create jobs.
to try to do something that is difficult: · There are too many families struggling to survive on low incomes.· I found my father struggling to lift one end of an enormous chest of drawers.· She struggled to express her feelings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
There is very little support for an armed struggle (=fighting with weapons) against the government. She broke free from her attacker. Lawrence’s heroic struggle against his destiny The council has waged a vigorous campaign against the proposal.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
There is very little support for an armed struggle (=fighting with weapons) against the government.· The law was passed after a bitter fight that lasted nearly a decade.
· The crowd pressed in around me and I struggled to breathe.
(=disagreement or fighting between different classes)· the class struggle between workers and capitalists
(=struggle to decide whether it is right or wrong do something)· She wrestled with her conscience for weeks before deciding not to leave him.
· Hospital wards are struggling to cope with the injured.
· The climbers faced a desperate struggle to reach safety.
· the people who led the struggle for equality in the United States
She broke free from her attacker.· The student movement played an important role in the struggle for political freedom.
Lawrence’s heroic struggle against his destiny· The struggle for independence continued for three decades.
(=work hard despite great difficulties)· The Coastguard was battling against the odds to keep the oil spill from reaching the shore.
(=a situation in which groups or leaders try to get control)· The country is locked in a power struggle between forces favouring and opposing change.
· Many construction companies are fighting for survival.
· Their lives had been one long struggle for survival.
The council has waged a vigorous campaign against the proposal.· Clearly he's struggling to make ends meet on his meagre salary.· Traditionally, students like these struggle at the lower end of the education ladder.· But for the vast majority of families who struggle to make ends meet without welfare, the speech could strike a chord.· Non-college women with children struggling to make ends meet have a different agenda from that of single college-educated women with hot careers.· If Apollo was indeed following her, the case was hopeless, but she was determined to struggle to the very end.· Her parents were struggling to make ends meet while rearing six children.
VERB· Wilkins began struggling with a constable and pushed him into a bush.· Horacio shifts into first gear and the bus begins to struggle up the hillside.· Your business would probably soon begin to struggle, as the search for a replacement proceeded.· Rather than only recoiling, I began to struggle actively against him.· Half an hour later he reached the rutted track and began to struggle up on his bike.· Just then, a car pulled up, and an old woman began struggling to get out of the passenger side.· She began to struggle, to twist her head, and writhe against her bonds.· The darkness of the interior only increased the animal's terror, and immediately it began to struggle frantically to free itself.
· More importantly, she continued to struggle with the increasingly demanding role of Mrs Hoffman.· The hospital continues to struggle to correctly bill insurance providers and state and federal indigent health care plans.· I see these Tours continuing to struggle as sponsors' money is attracted towards the best.· It was along the defensive front that the Raiders continued to struggle.· For years after, Louis Harper continued to struggle to keep it clean.· Until this team gets healthy, and you wonder whether it ever will, the Suns will continue to struggle.· Time allowed 00:08 Read in studio Gloucestershire are continuing to struggle on the cricket field.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficultstruggle to do something- By then I realized it was all too late anyway so I didn't put up a fight.
- Had he, perhaps, put up a fight?
- I bet you did that last night. - Did she put up a fight, then?
- I start running, but my body puts up a fight.
- Instead of dragging everything into the open and putting up a fight, I held on in silence.
- Not only relieved by beating Dallas, but yes, this team can put up a fight.
- The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight.
- However, each parlor faces an uphill battle because the city hired a financial consulting firm to review the applications.
- It proved to be an uphill struggle, and was far from successful.
- Kopp said he faced an uphill battle in winning approval for the bill.
- Rehabilitation will be an uphill struggle.
- Smith said gay-rights advocates still believe they are fighting an uphill battle in opposing the bill.
- Unless you have a goal your learning will be an uphill struggle.
- Voice over Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it's an uphill task.
- While critics of his decision gained momentum Thursday, the record shows they face an uphill battle.
She’s struggling to bring up a family alone.struggle with The airline is struggling with high costs.struggle for Millions of people are struggling for survival.struggle against Firms are struggling against a prolonged recession.► see thesaurus at try2a)to fight someone who is attacking you or holding you, especially so that you can escapestruggle with James was hit in the mouth as he struggled with the burglars.struggle to do something She struggled to free herself. b)if two people struggle, they fight each other for something, especially something one of them is holdingstruggle for They struggled for possession of the gun.3to move somewhere with great difficultystruggle up/out of/into etc Walkers were struggling up the dusty track.4to be likely to fail, even though you are trying very hard: The team has been struggling all season.a struggling artist/writer/businessstruggle on phrasal verb to continue doing something that you find very difficult or tiring: He struggled on despite his condition.struggle1 verbstruggle2 noun
strugglestruggle2 ●●○ W3 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He devoted his life to the struggle against fascism and oppression.
- Many freedom fighters were imprisoned, but they never gave up the struggle.
- Nkrumah led the people in their struggle for independence.
- The suspect died after a violent struggle with police officers.
- Eva had seen the hard financial struggle her parents had faced.
- I cut through shallow, sandy hills, but the struggle was anaesthetized by day-dreams.
- If you persist in bringing to us your iron and flame, the struggle will be long.
- Isolation, the call for a lonely struggle against hostile critics, will not help.
- It is the struggle to suppress our pain which really hurts.
- No more are we just reacting, helpless pawns in a struggle between the medical profession and death.
- Stein and Eberhardt are not alone in their struggles.
- The struggle with the skirmishers lasted all morning, with additional blue columns arriving on the field from time to time.
THESAURUSwhen people try to achieve something
the process in which people try to stop something bad from happening or to improve a situation: · Schools have an important part to play in the fight against drugs.· women’s fight for equality
a fight to change a situation or deal with a problem in society: · The battle against racial discrimination is not over.
a planned series of actions intended to achieve something: · Motoring organizations started a campaign for safer roads.
a long, hard fight for freedom, independence, equal rights etc: · Nkrumah led the people in their struggle for independence.
someone’s fight against something they think is morally wrong: · She intends to continue her crusade against sex and violence on TV.
Longman Language Activatorto have problems when you are trying to do something if you have difficulty when you are trying to do something, you cannot easily do it: have difficulty/trouble (in) doing something: · It was obvious the patient was having great difficulty breathing.have difficulty/trouble with something: · A lot of Japanese students of English have trouble with the pronunciation of "b's and "v's.
to not be able to do something easily, especially because you do not have enough ability or skill: · I found the course difficult at first, but it gradually got easier.find it difficult to do something: · She always found it difficult to keep up with the rest of the class.
if you do something with difficulty , you can do it, but only by using all your strength, all your determination etc: · She spoke with difficulty, choking back her tears.
to find it difficult to do something, especially because there are unexpected problems or because you have difficulty persuading other people: · I tried to find the house but I had such a hard time, I decided to give up.have a hard time doing something: · I'm still having a hard time getting the company to pay me.
if you can hardly or can barely do something, especially something physical, it is so difficult that you almost cannot do it: · By the end of the day she could hardly walk.· The smell was so bad that I could barely force myself to stay in the room.
if a situation or job is too much for someone , it is too difficult for them to deal with: · All the bullying and back-stabbing in the office was simply too much for him.· The job was too much for any single manager to cope with.
if something is a struggle you have to try very hard and even suffer in order to do it: · Clark lived 112 days on the artificial heart, and each day was a struggle.· She managed to get her money out of the welfare office, but only after a struggle.it is a struggle (for somebody) to do something: · It was a struggle for my mother to understand our lifestyle, but she tried very hard.it is a struggle doing something: · It was a struggle trying to feed a family of five on my salary.
if you say someone would be hard put or hard pressed to do something, you doubt that they would be able to do it because you think it is too difficult: · The two girls look so similar that you'd be hard put to tell the difference between them.· The governor will be hard pressed to find more money for schools while dealing with a $6 billion budget deficit.
also have your work cut out informal to have to work very hard if you are going to succeed in doing something: · I'll have my work cut out to get this design finished by this afternoon.· Rice hopes to break the record during tonight's game, but he'll have his work cut out for him.
informal to have to start doing something difficult such as a new job without people making it easier for you because you are new: · When I first started teaching I was really thrown in at the deep end -- I had a class of forty six-year-olds all on my own.
British spoken if you have a job doing something , it takes a lot of time or a lot of effort, and you may not be able to do it: · You'll have a job persuading him to give you any more money.· There was some kind of festival going on, and we had a job finding somewhere to park the car.
when someone fights for or against something when people try hard for a long time to stop something bad from happening or to improve a situation: fight against: · New laws have been passed to help the police in their fight against organized crime.· The fight against malnutrition and preventable diseases must continue.fight for: · Women's fight for equality has not ended.· He was a hero in the fight for independence from France.
when people try for many years to get freedom, independence, or equal rights, and a lot of people suffer, are killed, or are put in prison: · Many freedom fighters were imprisoned, but they never gave up the struggle.struggle for: · Nkrumah led the people in their struggle for independence.struggle against: · He devoted his life to the struggle against fascism and oppression.
when a person or group tries hard for a long time to change a bad situation, or deal with a problem in society: battle against: · The battle against racial discrimination is not over.· The President is fully committed to the battle against the drug traffickers.win the battle against something: · They now have a good chance of winning the battle against violence and drugs in the community.
a planned set of actions or events, such as public meetings, letters to the government etc, that is intended to persuade the public that something is bad or unfair and should be changed: campaign for: · Motoring organizations have started a campaign for safer roads in the area.· the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmamentcampaign against: · Our campaign against drug abuse is supported by the medical profession.vigorous campaign (=a very strong campaign): · Clark's vigorous campaign against the dumping of nuclear waste will continue.launch/mount a campaign (=start a campaign): · Environmental groups launched a campaign against the widespread production of genetically modified crops.
a fight that someone continues for a long time, because they feel strongly that something is morally wrong and must be changed: · As a politician she's made the fight for women's rights into a personal crusade.crusade against: · She intends to continue her crusade against sex and violence on TV.crusade for: · He has begun a crusade for gun control.
something such as a principle or political aim that people fight for - used especially by the people involved in fighting for it: · Our cause is just, and we are prepared to give our lives for it.cause of: · Thousands died in the cause of freedom.· The cause of Socialism is not dead.
a planned effort by an organization, government etc to achieve a change within a short time that will improve a particular situation: · The Health Department launched an anti-smoking drive.economy drive (=a drive to reduce spending) British: · The government's economy drive has failed to produce the expected savings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a power struggle between forces favoring and opposing changeCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES There is very little support for an armed struggle (=fighting with weapons) against the government. She broke free from her attacker. Lawrence’s heroic struggle against his destiny The council has waged a vigorous campaign against the proposal.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a power struggle between forces favoring and opposing change There is very little support for an armed struggle (=fighting with weapons) against the government.· The law was passed after a bitter fight that lasted nearly a decade.
· The crowd pressed in around me and I struggled to breathe.
(=disagreement or fighting between different classes)· the class struggle between workers and capitalists
(=struggle to decide whether it is right or wrong do something)· She wrestled with her conscience for weeks before deciding not to leave him.
· Hospital wards are struggling to cope with the injured.
· The climbers faced a desperate struggle to reach safety.
· the people who led the struggle for equality in the United States
She broke free from her attacker.· The student movement played an important role in the struggle for political freedom.
Lawrence’s heroic struggle against his destiny· The struggle for independence continued for three decades.
(=work hard despite great difficulties)· The Coastguard was battling against the odds to keep the oil spill from reaching the shore.
(=a situation in which groups or leaders try to get control)· The country is locked in a power struggle between forces favouring and opposing change.
· Many construction companies are fighting for survival.
· Their lives had been one long struggle for survival.
The council has waged a vigorous campaign against the proposal.· He called on them to abandon their armed struggle.· This is a crusading, flamboyant Marxism, emphasising the role of the supposedly heroic and glamorous armed struggle.· There are times when armed struggle is necessary.· Unlike so many victims of the armed struggle for the reunification of Ireland.· The duty of the people of the West Bank was to await liberation through armed struggle.· Schools and other infrastructure had been destroyed and society disrupted during the armed struggle.· But when are things like self-defense and armed struggle justified?
· It will be a bitter struggle against myself but I know I can do it.· The Buccaneers, locked in a bitter struggle for a new stadium, could attempt to leave Tampa Bay after next season.· But the Bolsheviks were determined to frustrate them and immediately after October a bitter struggle ensued between the workers and the party.· They would not understand what a bitter struggle my whole life has been.· He contrasts the love themes of Romeo and Juliet with those which accompany the bitter struggles and fights between Montague and Capulet.· This bitter struggle was personified by the Soong family, for years rent by political differences and petty jealousies.· Meanwhile Newcastle have delivered a bizarre snub to the losers in the bitter power struggle against chairman Sir John Hall.· It was a long and bitter struggle with great losses on both sides, causing a serious weakening of the imperial army.
· Organisational politics involve constant struggles for control, and choices of structure, technology and organisational goals are part of this process.· It had been a constant struggle for fifteen years.· We hate the constant struggle to keep order - but the alternative is worse.· Our colors run together, and it is a constant struggle to keep a neat palette with each hue in its place.· What is ultimately of most significance in Foucault's work is this recognition of the constant struggles within the definitions of sexuality.· It was a constant struggle to stay one step ahead of thrift regulators in Washington.· Its history has a message for evolution: that the existence of any creature is a constant struggle against relentless forces.· As we have said, television news is in a constant struggle with time, and time is a fierce adversary.
· A snowy wasteland yields the third key, but only after a desperate struggle with its guardians, the Ice Soldiers.· But we would not give it up without a desperate struggle.· Then they become enmeshed in a desperate struggle about who is to be the baby.
· Further, the larger the system, the greater the struggle for power, influence and promotion.· The great struggle, we are told, is to adapt to these conditions.· It was a great struggle for him and we all suffered because of it.· The great struggle of the universe is not between Church and State, but between two opposing ways of life.· Trying to get the real allies in a case is often a great struggle.
· This is not what the Suffragettes, and others, envisaged in their heroic struggles to win the vote.· The strategy developed by the revolutionary populists reflected the same mixture of heroic struggle for the peasantry's cause and utopian illusions.
· Competition is manifested in internal struggles for land, resources and power.· Numerous nations have not only experienced external threats, but have been torn apart by internal struggle as well.· The character of the administration will be determined by the factions that win the internal struggle for position.· The covert reasons why the scheme drew widespread support from Cardiff solicitors was that it was part of an internal power struggle.
· Throughout his long struggle with Giraud, de Gaulle depicted himself as the one who was in touch with the aspirations of the Resistance.· For the Vikings it turned out to be a long, rewarding struggle.· As a result of his long struggles Gorfang has acquired an unreasoning hatred of the Dwarf race.· If both are in lockstep mentally, it will be a long, exhausting struggle.· There had been a long struggle.· His challenge was to maintain his vision during the long struggle of product development.· Security Government forces made some progress during 1990 in their long struggle against ethnic insurgents operating on the country's periphery.· For some, life becomes one long struggle to conquer; the commitment is to conquest.
· Contemporary political struggles organised on religious lines clearly need social and economic explanations.· But he has been involved in some difficult political struggles since then.· In acquisitiveness and greed there was little to choose between the victors and the vanquished in the political struggles of the 1320s.· Rather, they require a careful analysis of contemporary political struggles over questions of representation, symbolic boundary formation, and identification.· An identification is then implicitly or explicitly made with parallel forms of political struggle in our own day.· Western countries can do little to influence the political power struggle currently going on in Moscow.
· The real pressures on these people were not racial but political, and their real struggle was almost entirely economic.· Now, I am going through a real struggle with my emotions and beliefs at this time.· The real struggle was transnational, horizontal, across the nations.· It was a real struggle, which was kind of surprising because 1994 was a great year, my best ever.· We had a real struggle, then Edward practically took his hands off.· After a 20 hour day, this soon became a real struggle.· Brecht in particular dealt with the relationship between real struggle and the metaphorical or symbolical illumination of struggle in art.· In the Brechtian aesthetic, the real struggles of life and oppressed peoples can not be shown, as it were, naturally.
· It proved to be an uphill struggle, and was far from successful.· Dole, who arrived in San Diego Monday, still faces an uphill struggle in the state.· Yet it will be an uphill struggle.· But it has been an uphill struggle.· Unless you have a goal your learning will be an uphill struggle.· It's been an uphill struggle out there.· For most players it will be an uphill struggle but for some one, it will represent the summit of his career.
NOUN· But in doing this they do not wield a power which is independent of the class struggle.· The class approach centers on the examination of the tactics of class domination and the dynamics of the class struggle.· Firstly, they are multi-class, which does not mean that class struggles do not exist.· In the liberal view, the historical process is altogether too rich and complex to be reduced to class struggle.· History constituted a vital part of the class struggle.· Equality in poverty might mean civil population contentment whereas glaring inequalities sow the seeds of a class struggle or revolution.· Concessions which judges make to workers at one moment in the class struggle may be removed at another.· Class and social change Class struggle Marx believed that the class struggle was the driving force of social change.
· Both the Sandinistas and Frelimo came to power after a liberation struggle against highly repressive regimes.· The detente coincided with the magnificent spring offensive possiblY the military high point of the national liberation struggle.· The nucleus of each village was for the most part made up of the Frelimo guerillas who had fought in the liberation struggle.· So is study of the liberation struggle.· Women participate in the national liberation struggle and have never considered they should be struggling to liberate themselves from men.· Now women participating in the liberation struggle are finding new roles.· Another region which suffered badly both during the liberation struggle and in recent years is the North-eastern region in the Zambezi valley.· It is run by a generation of elderly men who have not been able to move on from the liberation struggle.
· The covert reasons why the scheme drew widespread support from Cardiff solicitors was that it was part of an internal power struggle.· A power struggle develops, as the toddler digs in his heels even further the more his father takes over.· The events and power struggles which engulf them result in kidnapping, jealousy and romance!· Will there be a power struggle between Parks and the business side in their presentations to Willes?· The most memorable thing about the complex power struggle that had this result was the fate of the losers.· Throughout the Kuomintang, as within the Soong family, the power struggle was played out in subtle intrigues and inscrutable maneuvers.· Resentments, rivalry, rebuffs and power struggles appear to have knocked the stuffing out of you and undermined your confidence.· His assignment seems to have been the result of a military victory in a top-level power struggle with the civilians.
VERB· Hamilton, asked for his views, advocated continuing the struggle and, in consequence, was recalled on 15 October.· It has continued to struggle, as it has for more than a decade, to upgrade its computer and data-processing systems.· Indeed it is a testimony to the value of computers that these poor souls still continue the struggle with the machine.· The logical progression was for Wiwa to continue his father's struggle.· It pledged to continue the struggle for democratic representation but appealed to its supporters to continue to exercise restraint.
· Women, increasingly, were engaged in industrial struggle: at Ford in Hull with Lil Bilocca's fishermen's wives.· Neo-Classicism was engaged in a struggle for its survival.· It did not engage in the struggle for mass cultural-political hegemony.· When cells fuse, the rival bacteria in each engage in a struggle to the death.· Gary was used to trying to make the rules and then engaging in endless power struggles over them with his son.
· The results mean that several key councils could face a struggle for power.· Dole, who arrived in San Diego Monday, still faces an uphill struggle in the state.· Unless they show a dramatic change in form, they could face a struggle for the rest of the season.· Many thousands of people face the daily struggle of trying to look forward with hope when they do not have a job.· In societies where people face a constant struggle against starvation and have a plain, unvaried diet, cravings are virtually unknown.· The traders still face a struggle.· After crashing in qualifying Hakkinen lost crucial track time, and seemed to be facing an uphill struggle.· The majority of infertile men face an emotional struggle against guilt and uncertainty.
· The first one to crack loses the struggle.· Authors will grow weary finally of a losing struggle.· Exhausted by infighting, humiliated by his foes, he seemed on the verge of losing his struggle with parliament.· But getting health insurers to pay for the promised sessions is, in many cases, a losing struggle.· On the other side, what did Innocent or the papacy lose in the long struggle?· Who will win and who will lose these struggles is not a foregone conclusion.· The conservatives will lose this struggle, and their defeat will reverberate through fundamentalism everywhere.· Perhaps these inhabitants of the underworld were slowly losing the struggle.
· How could a man, however unique, win such a struggle?· The Nuggets won in a struggle at Minnesota.· Accounts of Beria have been heavily influenced by the version put out by Khrushchev, who won the struggle for the succession.· The character of the administration will be determined by the factions that win the internal struggle for position.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a long hard fight to get freedom, political rights etcstruggle for- Reading is a struggle for Tim.
- A new form of organization is struggling to life.
- But Seb was struggling up from the table.
- He's good enough; fit and fast enough, but financially is struggling to survive.
- His lungs were struggling for more oxygen.
- Polly could see that Jack was struggling with something inside himself but she did not know what it could be.
- Silently, desperately, it is struggling against a new and all-powerful adversary, the civilization of the capitalist West.
- That was a devastating blow from which the constituency is struggling to recover.
- The fact is, he was struggling.
- By then I realized it was all too late anyway so I didn't put up a fight.
- Had he, perhaps, put up a fight?
- I bet you did that last night. - Did she put up a fight, then?
- I start running, but my body puts up a fight.
- Instead of dragging everything into the open and putting up a fight, I held on in silence.
- Not only relieved by beating Dallas, but yes, this team can put up a fight.
- The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight.
- However, each parlor faces an uphill battle because the city hired a financial consulting firm to review the applications.
- It proved to be an uphill struggle, and was far from successful.
- Kopp said he faced an uphill battle in winning approval for the bill.
- Rehabilitation will be an uphill struggle.
- Smith said gay-rights advocates still believe they are fighting an uphill battle in opposing the bill.
- Unless you have a goal your learning will be an uphill struggle.
- Voice over Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it's an uphill task.
- While critics of his decision gained momentum Thursday, the record shows they face an uphill battle.
a struggle for survival a power struggle between forces favoring and opposing change2a long period of time in which you try to deal with a difficult problemstruggle with/against She spoke of her struggles with shyness.3a fight between two people for something, or an attempt by one person to escape from the other: Police said there were no signs of a struggle.4be a struggle (for somebody) if something is a struggle, you find it very difficult to do- special constable
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