Meaning of strive in English
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Verb
striveEtymology
Middle English: shortening of Old French estriver; related to estrif‘strife’Definitions
1. attempt by employing effortExamples
- « we endeavor to make our customers happy »
Derived terms
- 2. to exert much effort or energy
Examples
- « straining our ears to hear »
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Famous quotes
- « With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. » Abraham Lincoln
- « If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. » Pat Riley
- « I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government. » Sonia Sotomayor
- « It's fantastic to strive towards a nice life where you eat nice organic food and your children go to a nice school and you can afford nice clothes and nice perfume and the hypoallergenic make-up. But there's never a day goes by, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, that I don't think about where I'm from. » Samantha Morton
- « Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds? » Robert Browning