strive

🇺🇸 /straɪv/ 🇬🇧 /straɪv/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
verb
C1

to try very hard to do something

We must strive to do our best in everything we attempt.

translation

v. to try very hard to do something

Word Forms

3rd Present strives
Past strived
Perfect strived
Progressive striving