verb (used without object),strove[strohv] /stroʊv/ or strived,striv·en[striv-uhn] /ˈstrɪv ən/ or strived,striv·ing.
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
to make strenuous efforts toward any goal: to strive for success.
to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete.
to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance: to strive against fate.
to rival; vie.
Origin of strive
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English striven from Old French estriver “to quarrel, compete, strive” from Germanic; compare obsolete Dutch strijven, German streben “to strive”
SYNONYMS FOR strive
2 toil.
3 struggle, fight.
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1. See try.
OTHER WORDS FROM strive
striver,nounstriv·ing·ly,adverbin·ter·strive,verb (used without object),in·ter·strove,in·ter·striv·en,in·ter·striv·ing.outstrive,verb (used with object),out·strove,out·striv·en,out·striv·ing.
o·ver·strive,verb (used without object),o·ver·strove,o·ver·striv·en,o·ver·striv·ing.re·strive,verb (used without object),re·strove,re·striv·en,re·striv·ing.un·striv·ing,adjective
In essence, what they’re striving for is to scale a business model—with a relatively limited audience—that the company claims can cut prescription drug costs by as much as 80 percent.
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Provided that the resources available are concentrated and committed to current best practices, not mere recovery but visibility to the full potential of the website should be the goal to strive for.
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We strive to make sure all our clients, and anyone else with whom we interact, feel safe in this new environment.
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It was once thought that in order to be ranked high, content creators needed to strive for absolute maximum user engagement within 30 minutes since their posts went live.
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Teams strive to obtain lefty pitchers, and southpaws recognize their competitive edge.
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“I strive to make people forget me as a woman and see me just as someone who knows her job,” she said in an interview.
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Will it strive for purity or aim for as big a tent as possible?
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And if we are going to have to live with our past and current racism, then we must strive for undetectable levels of infection.
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These approaches are critical as they strive to fix the innate issue: spinal cord damage.