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strive
/stɹaɪv/
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What does strive mean?
verb
- To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
- To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
- To vie; to compete as a rival.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) Alternative form of strife.
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IPA pronunciation
/stɹaɪv/
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It might be true that, strive as he would, toil as he would, he might fail, and go down and be destroyed!
It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.
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Play whenever possible, but strive when playing to put in practice the theories you have read or the strokes you have watched.
If we feel that they will be poorly received, that they will annoy or anger or disgust, we strive to repress them.