Usually means: Work hard to achieve goals.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. strive: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. strive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. strive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. strive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. strive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Strive, strive: Wordnik
  7. strive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. strive: Wiktionary
  9. strive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. strive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. strive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. strive: Dictionary.com
  13. strive: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. strive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Strive (film), Strive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Strive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. strive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. strive: Rhymezone
  19. strive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. strive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. strive: Free Dictionary
  22. strive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. strive: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. strive: Dictionary/thesaurus

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strive: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. STRIVE: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. strive: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Strive: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ 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.]

Similar:
endeavor, reach, strain, endeavour, make an effort, work at, purchase, apply oneself, restrive, study, more...

Opposite:
neglect, ignore, avoid, relax, surrender

Types:
toil, struggle, fight, battle, campaign, endeavor, endeavour, more...

Phrases:
strive for, strive against, Strive Masiyiwa, Always Strive and Prosper, Strive for College, more...

Adjectives:
vain, few, former, individual, many, fierce, latter, wise, general, particular, whole

Colors:
    crimson,     indigo,     gold,     emerald,     sapphire, more...


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Similar:
endeavor, reach, strain, endeavour, make an effort, work at, purchase, apply oneself, restrive, study, more...

Opposite:
neglect, ignore, avoid, relax, surrender

Types:
toil, struggle, fight, battle, campaign, endeavor, endeavour, more...

Phrases:
strive for, strive against, Strive Masiyiwa, Always Strive and Prosper, Strive for College, strive to, to strive for, strive hard, to strive, something to strive for, strive for perfection, strive to stay good, more...

Adjectives:
vain, few, former, individual, many, fierce, latter, wise, general, particular, whole

Colors:
    crimson,     indigo,     gold,     emerald,     sapphire, more...



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