struggle in English dictionary

  • struggle

    Meanings and definitions of "struggle"

    • strife, contention, great effort
    • to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
    • noun
      Strife, contention, great effort.
    • verb
      To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight ( for or against), to contend.
    • verb
      To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
    • strife, effort
    • to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight
    • An energetic attempt to achieve something.
    • To make a strenuous or labored effort.
    • noun
      an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
    • noun
      an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
    • noun
      strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
    • verb
      be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
    • verb
      climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
    • verb
      make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
    • verb
      to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

    Synonyms of "struggle" in English dictionary

    travail, exertion, assay are the top synonyms of "struggle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of struggle

    • struggle ( plural  struggles)
    • struggle ( third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)
    • struggle (plural struggles)
    • struggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)
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