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Definition: STRIVEN |
STRIVEN1. P. p. of Strive. Past participle1. Of Strive |
Date "STRIVEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: STRIVEN |
| English words defined with "STRIVEN": Strived. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "STRIVEN": Path ♦ Roman Candle. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly toward an objective who had in no measure attained it. |
Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza | I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them. |
Sir William Osler | To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth the struggle. |
Thomas B. Aldrich | They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Senegal | Senegal has striven to strengthen the sector by integrating upstream activities (phosphate rock mining) and downstream (fertilizer and phosphoric acid) processing operations. (references) |
Uae | To avert immediate water shortfalls and cope with the drastic increase in demand for power, Abu Dhabi has striven to lead the Gulf region in power privatization, with 2 major projects already under construction, 2 projects to be awarded, and 2 new ones in the pipeline. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "STRIVEN" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "STRIVEN" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 100% | 62 | 42,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
striven | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "STRIVEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تواق (anxious, craving, forward, hungry, longing, raring, solicitous, studious, thirsty, wishful, wistful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 努力 (Diligence, Diligent, Effort, Endeavor, endeavour, strive, striving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | příè.min. od strive. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | désireux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | geeifert. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | iparkodott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 노 하" (Endeavored). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivenstray стараться (be at pains, be at the pains, endeavor, exert oneself, strive, strived, strove, take pains). (various references) particip proš. od strive. (various references) pp de strive. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 50, Verse 24 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Inlaqueavi te et capta es Babylon et nesciebas inventa es et adprehensa quoniam Dominum provocasti |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I grenede thee, and take thou art, Babilon, and wistist not; founde thou art, and cayt, for the Lord thou terredist. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 50, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | Ako nagbutang ug usa ka lit-ag alang kanimo, ug ikaw usab hisakpan, Oh Babilonia, ug ikaw wala makaalingat: ikaw hikaplagan, ug ingon man usab hidakpan, tungod kay ikaw nakig-away batok kang Jehova. |
| Croatian | Zamku ti metnuh, Babilone, ti se uhvati i ne vidje. Zateèen si i uhvaæen, jer se s Jahvom zarati! |
| Danish | Jeg lagde dig Snarer, du fangedes, Babel, og mærked det ej; du grebes, og fast blev du holdt, thi du kæmped mod HERREN. |
| Dutch | Ik heb u een strik gesteld, dies zijt gij ook gevangen, o Babel! dat gij het niet wist; gij zijt gevonden, en ook gegrepen, omdat gij u tegen den HEERE in strijd gemengd hebt. |
| Finnish | Minä viritin sinulle pyydyksen, ja niin sinut, Baabel, vangittiin tietämättäsi. Sinut tavattiin ja otettiin kiinni, sillä Herraa vastaan sinä ryhdyit taisteluun. |
| French | Je t`ai tendu un piège, et tu as été prise, Babylone, A l`improviste; Tu as été atteinte, saisie, Parce que tu as lutté contre l`Éternel. |
| German | Ich habe dir nachgestellt, Babel; darum bist du auch gefangen, ehe du dich's versahst; du bist getroffen und ergriffen, denn du hast dem HERRN getrotzt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | TUHAN berkata, "Babel, engkau melawan Aku, sebab itu kau terjebak di dalam jerat yang Kupasang untukmu, tetapi kau tidak menyadarinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa Aku juga sudah memasang jerat akan dikau, maka sebab itulah engkau tertangkap, hai Babil, dahulu dari pada engkau tahu; sudah didapati akan dikau, lalu ditangkappun, sebab engkau hendak berperang dengan Tuhan. |
| Italian | Ti ho teso un laccio e ti ci sei impigliata, Babilonia, senza avvedertene. Sei stata sorpresa e afferrata, perché hai fatto guerra al Signore. |
| Maori | I whakatakotoria e ahau he mahanga mou, a kua mau koe, e Papurona, kihai hoki koe i mohio: kua kitea koe, kua hopukia hoki, mou i totohe ki a Ihowa. |
| Norwegian | Jeg stilte snare for dig, og du blev fanget, Babel, uten at du visste av det; du blev funnet og grepet; for mot Herren hadde du gitt dig i strid. |
| Rumanian | Yi-am kntins o cursq, wi ai fost prins, Babilonule, fqrq sq te awtepyi.`` ,,Ai fost ajuns, apucat, pentrucq ai luptat kmpotriva Domnului. |
| Russian | с ТБУУФБЧЙМ УЕФЙ "МС ФЕ'С, Й ФЩ ПКНБО, чБЧЙМПО, ОЕ ТЕ"ЧЙ"С ФПЗП; ФЩ ОБК"ЕО Й УИЧБЮЕО, ПФПНХ ЮФП ЧПУУФБМ ТПФЙЧ зПУ П"Б. |
| Spanish | Te puse trampas, oh Babilonia. Fuiste tomada, y tú no lo supiste! Fuiste hallada y también fuiste apresada, porque contendiste contra Jehovah. |
| Swedish | Jag lade ut en snara för dig, och så blev du fångad, Babel, förrän du visste därav; du blev ertappad och gripen, ty det var med HERREN som du hade givit dig i strid. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "STRIVEN": restriven. (additional references) | |
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"STRIVEN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estivant, Scryveyn, stiven, striken, stripen, striv, strivben, trevean. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "STRIVEN" (pronounced stri"vun) |
| 5 | -r i" v u n | driven, Riven. |
| 4 | -i" v u n | forgiven, given, unforgiven. |
| 3 | -v u n | breakeven, coven, Craven, Devon, disproven, eleven, enliven, even, graven, handwoven, haven, heaven, interwoven, Kelvin, leaven, liven, maven, nonwoven, oven, proven, Raven, seven, shaven, sylvan, uneven, unproven, unshaven, woven. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: inverts. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: estrin, inerts, insert, inters, invert, invest, niters, nitres, rivets, sinter, stiver, strive, triens, trines, verist. | |
-2 letters: inert, inset, inter, neist, nerts, niter, nites, nitre, reins, rents, resin, rinse, risen, rites, riven, rives, rivet, senti, serin, siren, siver, stein, stern, terns, tiers, tines, tires, tries, trine, veins, vents, verst, verts, viers, vines, vires. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: investor, inviters, nerviest, reinvest, sirvente, venturis, vintners, vitrines. | |
+2 letters: contrives, grievants, intervals, intrusive, inventers, inventors, invertase, inverters, invertors, investors, navicerts, nervosity, reinvents, reinvests, reinvites, restriven, revesting, sirventes, veratrins, vesturing, vintagers, virescent. | |
+3 letters: coinvestor, contrivers, harvesting, incurvates, innervates, intervales, intervenes, interviews, introverts, intrusives, inventress, inverities, invertases, lentivirus, narratives, nervations, outserving, overnights, overprints, overstrain, overthinks, overtrains, protensive, ravishment, reconvicts, reinvested, restriving, revanchist, revisiting, sovranties, starveling, subverting, transitive, traversing, university, vanitories, ventricles, ventricose, veratrines, vernations, vertigines, vespertine, vignetters. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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