Strive

Definition: Strive

Strive

Verb

1. Attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy".

2. To exert much effort or energy: "straining our ears to hear.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "strive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Strive \Strive\, noun. 1. An effort; a striving. [Rare]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Strive

Contention

Verb: contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib, justle, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer; fight; (war); wrangle; (quarrel).

Essay

Verb: try, essay; experiment; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way.

Exertion

Labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, wade through, strive, stretch a long arm; pull, tug, ply; ply the oar, tug at the oar; do the work; take the laboring oar

Inutility

Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible).

Resistance

Verb: resist; not submit; repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.

Success

Speed; make progress; (advance); win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper; drive a roaring trade; make profit; (acquire); reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest; strike oil , gain a windfall; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account; turn to account; (use).

Crosswords: Strive

So many of you come time and time again to watch this final end of everything which I think is really wonderful and then to return home to your own eras and raise families, and strive for new and better societies and fight terrible wars for what you know is right, it gives one real hope for the whole future of lifekind. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

The weak only strive to be weaker. (Chrono Trigger; writing credit: Yuji Horii; Masato Kato)

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Books

• Hamza: Strive for a Wiser Life (reference)

• Strive And Succeed; Progress Of Walter Conrad (reference)

• Strive for Truth/3 Vol Gift Set (reference)

• Strive for Truth: The World of Rav Dessler (reference)

• Strive to Become Better Human Beings (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra: Strive for Jive (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Strive for Higher Realities (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Cross erected on Observation Hill, a 600-foot cinder cone. A memorial to the Scott Expedition. Inscription reads: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Is transferred to the Norwegian Navy following conversion from USS Sustain (MMC-2, formerly MSF-119), at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina. The transfer took place on 1 October 1959. The stern of Tyr's sister ship, Gor (converted from USS Strive, MMC-1, formerly MSF-117) is visible at the extreme right. Credit: NAVY.

Victory food from American waters. The crew members are up at dawn and put in their trawl for the morning catch. Since fishermen are handicapped by shortage of boats and material, they must strive for the largest possible catches on each trip. Credit: Library of Congress.

The past is behind us, the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ever was / Gerrit A. Beneker 1918. Credit: Library of Congress.

The past is behind us, the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ever was / Gerrit A. Beneker 1918. Credit: Library of Congress.

Produce more chemical fertilizer and strive for richer harvests. Credit: Library of Congress.

Unite and strive for even greater victory. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.

He could not strive against another.

Miranda: There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't.

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Health

Third, one must strive to enhance behavior that limits sun exposure. (references)

The ability to think, to feel, to interact with others, to share a sense of purpose, to work, to love, to experience gratification, to care for others, and to maintain self-responsibility are precious human attributes that elderly people strive to maintain. (references)

Business

In general, Palestinian furniture wholesalers and retailers usually strive for high sales volumes and small markups. (references)

As a general rule, German men mainly wish to train their cardiovascular systems, while the women mainly strive to reduce weight. (references)

These multinationals strive to impress the client with an esthetical image of rapid service, neatness, modernism, and professionalism. (references)

Children

Central African Republic

Several charitable organizations strive to assist them. (references)

Economic History

Peru

Lima boasts 20 daily newspapers, a few of which strive for national coverage. (references)

Chad

As Chadians strive to improve agricultural productivity, they will continue to import insecticides. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Commission (ATSIC) Chairman Geoff Clark asserted that the council should strive for a true reconciliation guaranteed by both formal recognition of indigenous rights and a treaty. (references)

Indonesia

Delegates approved a resolution rejecting the 1969 "Act of Free Choice," which confirmed Papua's incorporation into Indonesia; called on the central Government, along with the U.N. and the U.S. and Dutch governments, to review the process by which the territory became a part of Indonesia and to recognize Papua's sovereignty since 1961; and mandated the Papuan Presidium Council to strive for international recognition and to report back to the congress on December 1 2000, regarding progress toward these goals. (references)

Minorities

Netherlands

The Act on the Stimulation of Labor Participation by Ethnic Minorities is intended to increase job opportunities for ethnic minorities; it requires employers with a work force of over 35 persons to register their non-Dutch employees, and employers are to strive for a composition of their work force that reflects the regional working population. (references)

Political Economy

Oman

The Basic Charter states that the Government was to strive to issue all enabling laws within 2 years of November 1996; however, this has not occurred. (references)

Trade

Tunisia

EXCELLENT FINANCING TERMS OFFERED BY EUROPEAN SUPPLIERS REMAIN AN OBSTACLE FOR US COMPANIES BUT EXIM WILL STRIVE TO MATCH CONCESSIONAL FINANCING FROM FOREIGN COMPETITORS' GOVERNMENTS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN NEW OECD REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CONCESSIONAL FINANCING OF COMMERCIALLY BASED PROJECTS. (references)

Women

Sweden

The authorities strive to apprehend and prosecute abusers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "strive": strive after ♦ strive against ♦ strive for ♦ strive hard ♦ strive to ♦ strive to do ♦ strive together for smth. ♦ strive upwards ♦ strive with ♦ strive with smb.. Additional references.

Afrikaans

veg (fight, struggle). (various references)

Albanian

përpiqem (aim, attempt, bang, endeavor, endeavour, essay, exert, exert oneself, offer, pretend, seek, take trouble, try), orvatem (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, try), luftoj (combat, contend, correct, debate, dispute, fight, militate, oppugn, ramp, stand up for, struggle, thrash about, war, wrestle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كافح (battle, combat, contend, contend against, control, fight, hustle, militate, strike, struggle, wrestle), ‏ناضل (agonize, buffet, combat, contend, contest, fight, heave, militate, ply, pursue, push, struggle, tug, worry, wrestle), ‏سعى (aim, endeavor, endeavour, pursue), ‏جاهد (active, militate, painstaking, strove), ‏إستبسل, ‏بذل ما في وسعه. (various references)

Bulgarian 

стремя се (aspire, reach out, tug, yearn), правя усилия (endeavor, endeavour). (various references)

Chinese 

努力 (great effort, try hard). (various references)

Czech

snažit se (endeavor, endeavour, push, study, try, try hard), usilovat (endeavor, endeavour, press, pursue, struggle), namáhat se (exert oneself, labor, labour, strain oneself, trouble). (various references)

Danish

slås (fight, struggle), kæmpe (fight, struggle). (various references)

Dutch

strýden (argue, dispute, fight, make war, struggle, wage war), strýd voeren (fight, struggle), vechten (fight, struggle), kampen (fight, struggle, wrestle). (various references)

Esperanto

strebi (strive for). (various references)

Faeroese

berjast (be at loggerheads, fight, struggle, tussle). (various references)

Farsi 

کوشیدن (Endeavor, Try, Tug), کوشش کردن (Assay, Attempt, Bend, Labor, Peg, Struggle, Try), جدوجهدکردن نزاع کردن . (various references)

Finnish

pyrkiä (aim, aspire, aspire to, endeavour, hope for, seek, strive for, try), ponnistaa (exert, make an effort, strain, struggle, take off). (various references)

French

s'efforcer (strain, strive for), se battre, s'acharner, s'évertuer, lutter (strike, struggle), luter (struggle), faire son possible, combattre (struggle), batailler (struggle). (various references)

Frisian

fjochtsje (fight, struggle). (various references)

German

suchen (find, Hunt, look, look for, look out for, lookup, probe, quest, quests, search, search about, search around, seek, seek after, sought, to hunt, to look for, to search, try, woo), streben (aspiration, aspire, efforts, pursuit, quest, striving, swot, tend, trend), sich mühen, trachten (aspire, garbs, liveries), kämpfen (attack, battle, brawl, campaign, combat, contend, fight, fray, grapple, push, skirmish, struggle, to battle, to brawl, to combat, to fight, to tussle, tussle). (various references)

Greek 

πασχίζω (endeavor, endeavour, toil, try hard). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחתור אל- (go all out, make every effort), ל�"תאמץ (be at pains, endeavor, endeavour, exert oneself, strain, struggle, take trouble, tug), ל�"שתוקק (crave, desire, hanker, hunger, long for, lust, want, wish for, yearn), ל�"אבק (fight, struggle, wrestle), ל�'לות חריצות. (various references)

Hungarian

verekszik (come to blow, fight, scuffle, struggle, to bop, to brawl, to combat, to scrap, to scuffle), küzd (combat, contest, fray, militate, struggle, to battle, to combat, to contend, to contest, to fight against great odds, to fight against odds, to fight agaisnt long odds, to struggle, to war, to wrestle, wrestle), kûzd (fight, struggle), iparkodik (hurry up), harcol (battle, contest, diehard, fight, fought, militate, struggle, to battle, to contend, to contest, to dispute, to fight, to fray, to struggle). (various references)

Icelandic

slást (fight, struggle). (various references)

Indonesian

bekerja keras (slog). (various references)

Italian

sforzarsi (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, overstrain, strain, struggle), sforzare (force, rack, strain), lottare (battle, combat, conflict, contend, encounter, fight, jostle, struggle, wrestle), battersi (knock against), arrovellarsi. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

相�'理解�'図る (to strive for mutual understanding), 励む (to be zealous, to brace oneself, to endeavour, to make an effort, to strive), 子マダ� (wealthy women who strive to follow the fashions exactly and be seen in all the right place). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そう�"りかい�'はかる (to strive for mutual understanding), �"マダ� (wealthy women who strive to follow the fashions exactly and be seen in all the right place), は�'む (to be zealous, to brace oneself, to endeavour, to make an effort, to strive). (various references)

Korean 

노� �하십시�". (various references)

Manx

strepey (exert, exertion, flounder, grapple, struggle, tug, tussle, wallow), streeu (altercate; striving, altercation, conflict, contend, contention, contest, cope, disagree, discord, disputation, encounter, endeavour, flare up, scuffle, squabble, strife, variance). (various references)

Norwegian

slåss (fight, struggle). (various references)

Papiamen

bringa (fight, struggle). (various references)

Pig Latin

ivestray

Polish

walczyć. (various references)

Portuguese

rivalizar (compete, contend, emulate, rival, vie), procurar arduamente, lutar (battle, buffet, combat, conflict, contend, contest, fight, grapple, lute, militate, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, strike, struggle, tug, vie, wrestle), esforçar-se ao máximo, empenhar-se (exert oneself), ambicionar (ambition, covet, solicit). (various references)

Romanian

se strãdui (apply oneself to, be at pains, endeavor, endeavour, exert oneself, push, take much care, try), se sforţa, tinde (aspire, incline to, reach after), rivaliza (compete, rival), rezista (bear, come through, fend, hold, hold fast, hold out, hold up, keep, live, resist, stand, stand against, stay, stem, withstand), nãzui (aim, aspire), lupta (contend, struggle), disputa (claim, contest, debate, dispute, oppugn). (various references)

Russian 

стараться (be at pains, be at the pains, endeavor, exert oneself, strived, striven, strove, take pains). (various references)

Scottish

gleac (a wrestle, fight, strife, struggle, wrestle, wrestling), cothaich (contend, earn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stremiti (aspire), zapinjati (get stuck, try), težiti (aspire, gravitate, long, seek for, trend, weigh), nastojati (endeavor, endeavour). (various references)

Spanish

esforzarse (be at pains, endeavor, endeavour, exert oneself, go flat out, strain, struggle, take trouble, try). (various references)

Sranan

streyfeti (fight, struggle). (various references)

Swedish

strida (argue, conflict, contend, contest, fight, jar, struggle, tussle, vie), streta (struggle), sträva (aim, aspire, brace, endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, strut, toil). (various references)

Turkish

uğraşmak (agonize, attack, be at war with, be occupied in doing, be occupied with doing, come at, contend, cope, deal, endeavor, endeavour, engage in, exert oneself, fight, get at, go in for, grapple, groove, haze, labor, labour, make an effort, mess around with, mess with, moil, monkey around with, monkey with, pick on, push, seek, set to, strive against, struggle, tackle, toil, try hard, tug, tussle, work away, work hard, wrestle), mücâdele etmek (agonize, battle, be at war with, be up against, buffet, combat, compete, crusade, fight, fight a battle, struggle, tussle, war, wrestle), gayret etmek (cultivate, endeavor, endeavour, go for, hump, hump oneself, jockey for, make an effort, rustle, strain, strain after, strain at, study, take care, try), didinmek (fag, grub, moil, slave, strain, toil, toil and moil, try hard, wear oneself out), çabalamak (endeavor, endeavour, exert oneself, go after, go for, hump oneself, scramble, strain, strain at, struggle, study, tug, work). (various references)

Turkmen 

hysyrdamak (endeavor), зytalaюmak (endeavor, try). (various references)

Ukrainian

старатися (endeavor, endeavour), змагатися (compete, contest, emulate, match), боротися (antagonize, battle, buffet, champion, combat, contend, debate, fight, grapple, militate, oppugn, struggle, take on, tussle, wrestle). (various references)

Welsh

ymryson (affray, altercation, broil, contend, contention, rivalry, strife), ymorchestu (labor), ymlafnio (struggle, toil), ymdrechu (endeavor, wrestle). (various references)

certamini, certando, certare, certati, certeris, contendo, dimicabit, dimicabitis, dimicant, dimicantes, dimicare, dimicarent, dimicaret, dimicasset, dimicatum, dimicaveritis, dimicaverunt, dimicavi, dimicavit, dimicent, molior, nisi, nisusque, nitebantur, nitebatur, nitens, nitentes, niteris, nitimini, nititur, nituntur, nixa, stude, student, studeo, supercertari, tendat, tendebant, tendebatur, tendens, tendent, tendentem, tendentes, tenderent, tendit, tendunt, tetenderat, tetenderunt, tetenderuntque, tetendit, tetenditque. (various references)

estriver. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "strive": strived, striven, striver, strivers, strives. (additional references)

Words ending with "strive": restrive. (additional references)

Words containing "strive": restriven, restrives. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Strive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Btrieve, Escriva, Estrie, Saraiva, scrive, serive, staive, stiv, stiva, strave, stribe, strift, strile, strine, strite, striv, strivor, strover, stroviol, struf, Struve, struvel, surive, trive. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: rivets, stiver, verist.

-1 letter: rites, rives, rivet, siver, tiers, tires, tries, verst, verts, viers, vires.

-2 letters: erst, ires, reis, rest, rets, revs, rise, rite, rive, sire, site, stir, tier, ties, tire, vert, vest, vets, vier, vies, vise.

-3 letters: ers, ire, its, rei, res, ret, rev, sei, ser, set, sir, sit, sri, tie, tis, vet, vie, vis.

-4 letters: er.

+1 letter: diverts, grivets, inverts, privets, restive, revisit, revuist, stivers, strived, striven, striver, strives, stuiver, thrives, trivets, vastier, veriest, verists, veritas, verites, virtues, visiter.

+2 letters: curviest, evictors, investor, inviters, nerviest, overstir, overtips, privates, priviest, reinvest, restrive, revisits, revuists, riveters, rivulets, servitor, severity, sirvente, sorptive, sportive, strivers, stuivers, thrivers, travoise, variates, venturis, verdicts, veristic, verities, vertices, vertigos, vestiary, vestries, vetivers, viatores, vibrates, victress, vintners, virgates, virtuose, visiters, vitamers, vitreous, vitrines, vomiters, vortices, votaries.