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Synonyms for strive
straɪv; ˈstrɪv ənstrive
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
striveverb
To attempt is to take action somewhat experimentally with the hope and purpose of accomplishing a certain result; to endeavor is to attempt strenuously and with firm and enduring purpose. To attempt expresses a single act; to endeavor, a continuous exertion; we say I will endeavor (not I will attempt) while I live. To attempt is with the view of accomplishing; to essay, with a view of testing our own powers. To undertake is to accept or take upon oneself as an obligation, as some business, labor, or trust; the word often implies complete assurance of success; as, I will undertake to produce the witness. To strive suggests little of the result, much of toil, strain, and contest, in seeking it; I will strive to fulfil your wishes, i. e., I will spare no labor and exertion to do it. Try is the most comprehensive of these words. The original idea of testing or experimenting is not thought of when a man says "I will try." To attempt suggests giving up, if the thing is not accomplished at a stroke; to try implies using other means and studying out other ways if not at first successful. Endeavor is more mild and formal; the pilot in the burning pilot-house does not say "I will endeavor" or "I will attempt to hold the ship to her course," but "I'll try, sir!"
Synonyms:
attempt, endeavor, endeavor, essay, try, undertakeAntonyms:
abandon, dismiss, drop, give up, let go, neglect, omit, overlook, pass by, throw away, throw over, throw up
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Princeton's WordNet
endeavor, endeavour, striveverb
attempt by employing effort
"we endeavor to make our customers happy"
strive, reach, strainverb
to exert much effort or energy
"straining our ears to hear"
Synonyms:
touch, progress to, strain, try, hit, arrive at, pass on, attain, filter out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, get hold of, make, extend, get to, gain, give, distort, filter, separate out, achieve, endeavour, pass, deform, reach out, tense up, turn over, accomplish, contact, endeavor, tense, filtrate, stress, extend to, get through, hand
Dictionary of English Synonymes
striveverb
Synonyms:
labor, endeavor, toil, struggle, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best, lay one's self outstriveverb
Synonyms:
contend, contest, fight, compete, cope, have a conteststriveverb
Synonyms:
[Poetical.] vie, compare, be comparable
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#69 | contact | |
#132 | make | |
#555 | give | |
#644 | hand | |
#684 | try | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1524 | filter | |
#1551 | hit | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2491 | gain | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2751 | aim | |
#2866 | achieve | |
#2989 | stress | |
#3056 | attempt | |
#3171 | seek | |
#3575 | contest | |
#4532 | extend | |
#5490 | essay | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#6612 | strain | |
#8815 | accomplish | |
#9347 | undertake | |
#11336 | strive | |
#14782 | attain | |
#14897 | aspire | |
#15477 | vie | |
#16043 | tense | |
#16119 | striving | |
#16219 | endeavor | |
#18303 | endeavour | |
#20325 | contend | |
#28884 | sieve | |
#32665 | distort | |
#33817 | sift | |
#35150 | toil | |
#42565 | puree | |
#78074 | deform | |
#86202 | filtrate |
How to use strive in a sentence?
I've never known anybody be more loving, more open, more happy than she was, i never deserved her, but I always wanted to strive to deserve her.
Even though it’s been two years, we all still deeply feel Deah’s absence, as a school we strive to continue hisspirit of service and giving back, and have adopted a mantra of 'Live likeDeah.'.
I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.
George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004:
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.
Translations for strive
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- جد, اجتهد, ناضل, كافح, حرصArabic
- snažit se, usilovat, čelitCzech
- stræbeDanish
- strebenGerman
- strebiEsperanto
- esforzarseSpanish
- تلاشPersian
- yrittää, taistella, kamppailla, ponnistella, pyrkiäFinnish
- s'efforcerFrench
- ձգտելArmenian
- cercare, ambire, lottare, battersi, sforzarsiItalian
- 努める, 闘う, 奮闘Japanese
- تێکۆشانKurdish
- contendunt,Latin
- strevenDutch
- streveNorwegian
- starać sięPolish
- esforçar-se, batalharPortuguese
- стараться, прилагать усилия, бороться, стремитьсяRussian
- usilovať sa, čeliť, bojovať, snažiť saSlovak
- stremetiSlovene
- కష్టించు, కృషి చేయుTelugu
- phấn đấuVietnamese
- 努力Chinese
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