strive

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• /ˈstɹaɪv/
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From Middle English striven (“to strive”), from Old French estriver (“to compete, quarrel”), from Frankish *strīban (“to exert, make an effort”) from Proto-Germanic *strībaną, or from Frankish *stribēn (“to strive”) from Proto-Germanic *stribāną. As this verb is conjugated as if it were a strong verb (like drive, ride, and write), it is possible this word may instead be inherited from an unattested Old English *strīfan or *strifian, which would itself also be inherited from Proto-Germanic *strībaną.

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَافَحَ (kāfaḥa) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Arabic: اِجْتَهَدَ (ijtahada) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Arabic: نَاضَلَ (nāḍala) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Arabic: حَرَصَ (ḥaraṣa) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Arabic: جَدَّ (jadda) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Arabic: جَاهَدَ (jāhada) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Bashkir: тырышыу (tırışıw) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Belarusian: імкну́цца (imknúcca) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Belarusian: пра́гнуць (práhnucʹ) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Belarusian: рва́цца (rvácca) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Belarusian: стара́цца (starácca) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Belarusian: намага́цца (namahácca) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Belarusian: дбаць (dbacʹ) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Bulgarian: стремя́ се (stremjá se) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Bulgarian: старая се (staraja se) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Catalan: júnyer — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Catalan: bregar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Catalan: esforçar-se — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Catalan: afanyar-se — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Catalan: procurar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Catalan: maldar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 努力 (nǔlì) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 奮鬥 /奋斗 (fèndòu) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 殫力 /殚力 (dānlì) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 力圖 /力图 (lìtú) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 掙 /挣 (zhèng) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Czech: usilovat — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Czech: snažit se — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Danish: stræbe efter — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Danish: hige efter — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Danish: arbejde med stor anstrengelse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Dutch: streven — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Egyptian: p:Z7-G39-Z1-G39-Z1-Z9:D40 (pzz) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Egyptian: U28-A-n:Z4-n:Z4-Z9:D40 (ḏnn) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Egyptian: G20-M8-G1-Q3:Z7-Z9-A24 (mšp) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Esperanto: strebi — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Finnish: pyrkiä — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Finnish: ponnistella — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Finnish: yrittää — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Finnish: tehdä hartiavoimin töitä — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Finnish: urakoida — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Finnish: raataa — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• French: s'efforcer — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• French: s'appliquer — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Georgian: სწრაფვა (sc̣rapva) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Georgian: მცდელობა (mcdeloba) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Georgian: ცდა (cda) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Georgian: ბრძოლა (brʒola) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• German: streben — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• German: sich bemühen — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• German: sich anstrengen — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• German: ringen um — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• German: sich einsetzen für — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arbaidjan) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ancient Greek: ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Hindi: प्रयास करना (prayās karnā) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Hindi: उद्यम करना (udyam karnā) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Icelandic: leggja sig fram (leggja sig fram) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ido: esforcar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ido: luctar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ido: penar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Indonesian: berjuang — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Indonesian: memperjuangkan — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Indonesian: bersusah payah — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Irish: bí ag dréim — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Old Irish: ad·cosnai — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: sforzarsi — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: cercare — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: ambire — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: arrabattarsi — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: ingegnarsi — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: adoperarsi — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: impegnarsi — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Italian: dare il massimo — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Japanese: 努力する (doryoku suru) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Japanese: 闘う (tatakau) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Japanese: 努める (tsutomeru) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Japanese: 奮闘する (funtō suru) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Kazakh: тырысу (tyrysu) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Korean: 노력하다 (noryeokhada) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Korean: 애쓰다 (aesseuda) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Central Kurdish: تێکۆشان (têkoşan) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Latin: mōlior — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Latin: nītor — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Latin: appeto — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Lü: ᦀᦸᧅᧈᦶᦣᧂ (̇ʼoak1haeng) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Macedonian: се стреми (se stremi) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Māori: oke — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Māori: nanaiore — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Māori: ngaki — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Mongolian: зүтгэх (zütgex) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠳᠬᠦᠬᠦ (ǰidkükü) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Khiamniungan Naga: āngtsō — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Norwegian Bokmål: streve — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Occitan: s'esforçar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Occitan: s'esperforçar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Occitan: luchar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Persian: کوشش کردن (kôšeš kardan) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Persian: تلاش کردن (talâš kardan) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Polish: dążyć — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Polish: starać się — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Polish: pragnąć — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Polish: usiłować — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Polish: przykładać się — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Portuguese: esforçar-se — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Portuguese: batalhar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Portuguese: aplicar-se — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Russian: стреми́ться (stremítʹsja) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Russian: стара́ться (starátʹsja) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Russian: боро́ться (borótʹsja) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Russian: прилага́ть уси́лия (prilagátʹ usílija) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Russian: закатать рукава (zakatatʹ rukava) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Sanskrit: लषति (laṣati) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Serbo-Croatian: те́жити — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Serbo-Croatian: téžiti — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Shan: ၶတ်းၸႂ် (khát tsǎue) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Slovak: snažiť sa — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Slovak: usilovať sa — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Slovene: stremeti — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Slovene: prizadevati si — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: esforzarse por — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: afanar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: aplicarse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: romperse el lomo — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: deslomarse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: luchar por — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: echarle ganas — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: denodarse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: empeñarse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: azacanarse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: azacanear — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: pugnar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: procurar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: pretender — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: esmerarse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: rajarse — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: agenciar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: diligenciar — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Spanish: fuercearla — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Swedish: sträva — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Swedish: anstränga (sig) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Swedish: ge 110% — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Swedish: ge järnet — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Tajik: кӯшиш кардан (küšiš kardan) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Tamil: முயல் (muyal) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Telugu: కష్టించు (kaṣṭiñcu) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Telugu: కృషి చేయు (kr̥ṣi cēyu) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Thai: พยายาม (pá-yaa-yaam) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Thai: เพียร (piian) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Thai: บากบั่น (bàak-bàn) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Tocharian B: lāl- — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ukrainian: пра́гнути (práhnuty) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ukrainian: рва́тися (rvátysja) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ukrainian: стара́тися (starátysja) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ukrainian: намага́тися (namahátysja) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ukrainian: силува́тися (syluvátysja) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Ukrainian: дба́ти (dbáty) — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Vietnamese: cố gắng — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Zhuang: roengzrengz — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Zhuang: haenqrengz — to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort
• Arabic: جَاهَدَ (jāhada) — to struggle in opposition
• Bulgarian: боря се (borja se) — to struggle in opposition
• Catalan: júnyer — to struggle in opposition
• Ngazidja Comorian: uwana na — to struggle in opposition
• Czech: čelit — to struggle in opposition
• Finnish: taistella — to struggle in opposition
• Finnish: kamppailla — to struggle in opposition
• French: combattre — to struggle in opposition
• German: ringen mit — to struggle in opposition
• German: sich einsetzen gegen — to struggle in opposition
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (haifstjan) — to struggle in opposition
• Ancient Greek: ἐρίζω (erízō) — to struggle in opposition
• Irish: bí ag coimhlint — to struggle in opposition
• Italian: lottare — to struggle in opposition
• Italian: battersi — to struggle in opposition
• Māori: oke — to struggle in opposition
• Old English: flītan — to struggle in opposition
• Russian: бороться (borotʹsja) — to struggle in opposition
• Slovak: čeliť — to struggle in opposition
• Slovak: bojovať — to struggle in opposition
• Spanish: bregar — to struggle in opposition
• Spanish: pugnar — to struggle in opposition