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Strive Striving Strives Verb Make Great Effort Hard

word strive
definition
verb
If you strive to do something or strive for something, you make a great effort to do it or get it.
He strives hard to keep himself very fit.
She strove to read the name on the stone pillar.
The region must now strive for economic development as well as peace.
...a politician consumed by his own passionate striving for leadership.
inflections strivesstrivingstrivingstrivings
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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