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Struggle

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Noun

1. battle, struggle

an energetic attempt to achieve something

Example Sentences:
'getting through the crowd was a real struggle'
'he fought a battle for recognition'

2. battle, conflict, struggle

an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

Example Sentences:
'the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph'
'police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs'

3. struggle

strenuous effort

Example Sentences:
'the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her'

Verb

4. fight, struggle

make a strenuous or labored effort

Example Sentences:
'She struggled for years to survive without welfare'
'He fought for breath'

5. struggle

to exert strenuous effort against opposition

Example Sentences:
'he struggled to get free from the rope'

6. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

7. contend, fight, struggle

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

Example Sentences:
'the tribesmen fought each other'
'Siblings are always fighting'
'Militant groups are contending for control of the country'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Struggle

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verb
1. (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
2. (intransitive)
to move about strenuously so as to escape from something confining
3. (intransitive)
to contend, battle, or fight
4. (intransitive)
to go or progress with difficulty
noun
5. 
a laboured or strenuous exertion or effort
6. 
a fight or battle
7. 
the act of struggling
8.  the struggle

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Struggle

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈstruggled or ˈstruggling
1. 
to contend or fight violently with an opponent
2. 
to make great efforts or attempts; strive; labor
3. 
to make one's way with difficulty
to struggle through a thicket
verb transitive Rare
4. 
to bring, put, do, etc. by struggling
5. 
to make (one's way) with difficulty
noun
6. 
great effort or a series of efforts; violent exertion
7. 
conflict; strife; contention

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Struggle

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v. strug·gled, strug·gling, strug·gles
v.intr.
1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load.
2.
a. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled for years before breaking through as an actor.
b. To have difficulty or make a strenuous effort doing something: struggled to be polite.
c. To move or progress with difficulty: struggled up the steep slope.
3. To contend or compete: "Right and wrong ... will ever continue to struggle" (Abraham Lincoln).
v.tr.
To move or place (something) with an effort: struggled the heavy desk into the elevator.
n.
1. The act of struggling: the rat's struggle to escape the snake's coils.
2. A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty: the struggle for civil rights.
3. Strife, contention, or combat: armed struggle.
4. Something that is difficult to do or achieve: Getting him to agree will be a struggle.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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