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struggle
[ struhg-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
, strug·gled, strug·gling.
- to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive:
to struggle for existence.
- to advance with violent effort:
to struggle through the snow.
- (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)
, strug·gled, strug·gling.
- to bring, put, etc., by struggling:
She struggled the heavy box into a corner.
- to make (one's way) with violent effort.
struggle
/ ˈstrʌɡəl /
verb
- intr; usually foll by for or against; may take an infinitive to exert strength, energy, and force; work or strive
to struggle to obtain freedom
- intr to move about strenuously so as to escape from something confining
- intr to contend, battle, or fight
- intr to go or progress with difficulty
noun
- a laboured or strenuous exertion or effort
- a fight or battle
- the act of struggling
- the strugglethe radical and armed opposition to apartheid, especially by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
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Derived Forms
- ˈstrugglingly, adverb
- ˈstruggler, noun
- ˈstruggling, adjective
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Other Words From
- struggler noun
- struggling·ly adverb
- pre·struggle noun verb (used without object) prestruggled prestruggling
- un·struggling adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of struggle1
C14: of obscure origin
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