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strug⋅gle
[struhg-uh
l]
verb, -gled, -gling, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to contend with an adversary or opposing force. |
| 2. | to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive: to struggle for existence. |
| 3. | to advance with violent effort: to struggle through the snow. |
| 4. | (of athletes and competitors) to be coping with inability to perform well or to win; contend with difficulty: After struggling for the whole month of June, he suddenly caught fire and raised his batting average 30 points. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to bring, put, etc., by struggling: She struggled the heavy box into a corner. |
| 6. | to make (one's way) with violent effort. |
–noun
| 7. | the process or an act or instance of struggling. |
| 8. | a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind. |
| 9. | a task or goal requiring much effort to accomplish or achieve. |
Related forms:
struggler, noun
strug⋅gling⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. oppose, contest, fight, conflict. 7. endeavor, exertion. 8. encounter, skirmish. Struggle, brush, clash refer to a hostile meeting of opposing persons, parties, or forces. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief, but smart, and often casual combat: a brush between patrols. Clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.
1. oppose, contest, fight, conflict. 7. endeavor, exertion. 8. encounter, skirmish. Struggle, brush, clash refer to a hostile meeting of opposing persons, parties, or forces. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief, but smart, and often casual combat: a brush between patrols. Clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.
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Struggle
Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. 2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. --Lincoln. 3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --Dryden. Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.Struggle
Strug"gle\, n. 1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress. 2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. --Macaulay. 3. Contest; contention; strife. An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. --Addison. Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.
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Language Translation for : struggle
Spanish:
luchar, forcejear,
German:
zappeln,
Japanese:
もがく
struggle (v.)
c.1386, probably a frequentative form, of uncertain origin. Skeat suggests O.N. strugr "ill will;" others suggest a connection to Du. struikelen, Ger. straucheln "to stumble." The noun is first recorded 1692.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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