strive
verb /straɪv/
/straɪv/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strive | /straɪv/ /straɪv/ |
| he / she / it strives | /straɪvz/ /straɪvz/ |
| past simple strove | /strəʊv/ /strəʊv/ |
| past simple strived | /straɪvd/ /straɪvd/ |
| past participle striven | /ˈstrɪvn/ /ˈstrɪvn/ |
| past participle strived | /straɪvd/ /straɪvd/ |
| -ing form striving | /ˈstraɪvɪŋ/ /ˈstraɪvɪŋ/ |
- to try very hard to achieve something
- strive for something We encourage all members to strive for the highest standards.
- strive after/towards something They were always striving towards perfection.
- strive against something striving against corruption
- strive to do something Newspaper editors all strive to be first with a story.
- She strove to find a solution that was acceptable to all.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1- They are desperately striving for some sort of dignity.
- I am constantly striving after artistic beauty.
- man striving against the elements
- Experimenters continually strive to eliminate distorting factors.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- mightily
- desperately
- …
- after
- against
- for
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French estriver; related to estrif ‘strife’.