Usually means: Works hard to achieve goals.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. strives: Merriam-Webster
  2. strives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. strives: Vocabulary.com
  4. strives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. strives: Wiktionary
  6. strives: Dictionary.com
  7. strives: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. strives: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Strives, strives: Wordnik

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strives: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strives: Idioms

(Note: See strive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (strive)

verb:  To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
verb:  To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
verb:  To vie; to compete as a rival.
noun:  (obsolete) Alternative form of strife [Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.]
▸ Also see strive


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