English

Detailed Synonyms for strive in English

strive:

to strive verb (strives, strived, striving)

  1. to strive
    to mean; to strive; to aim at; to make for
    • mean verb (means, meant, meaning)
    • strive verb (strives, strived, striving)
    • aim at verb (aims at, aimed at, aiming at)
    • make for verb (makes for, made for, making for)
  2. to strive
    to try; to attempt; to endeavour; to strive
    • try verb (tries, tried, trying)
    • attempt verb (attempts, attempted, attempting)
    • endeavour verb, British (endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring)
    • strive verb (strives, strived, striving)
    endeavor
    – attempt by employing effort 1
    • endeavor verb, American
      • we endeavor to make our customers happy1
  3. to strive
    to try; to endeavour; to try out; to attempt; to strive; to examine; to test; to check; to pretest
    • try verb (tries, tried, trying)
    • endeavour verb, British (endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring)
    • try out verb (tries out, tried out, trying out)
    • attempt verb (attempts, attempted, attempting)
    • strive verb (strives, strived, striving)
    • examine verb (examines, examined, examining)
    • test verb (tests, tested, testing)
    • check verb (checks, checked, checking)
    • pretest verb (pretests, pretested, pretesting)
    endeavor
    – attempt by employing effort 1
    • endeavor verb, American
      • we endeavor to make our customers happy1
  4. to strive
    to endeavour; to strive; endeavor
    • endeavour verb, British (endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring)
    • strive verb (strives, strived, striving)
    • endeavor verb, American
  5. to strive
    – to exert much effort or energy 1
    to strain; to reach; to strive
    – to exert much effort or energy 1
    • strain verb (strains, strained, straining)
      • straining our ears to hear1
    • reach verb (reachs, reached, reaching)
    • strive verb (strives, strived, striving)
  6. to strive
    – attempt by employing effort 1
    to endeavour; to strive; endeavor
    – attempt by employing effort 1
    • endeavour verb, British (endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring)
    • strive verb (strives, strived, striving)
    • endeavor verb, American
      • we endeavor to make our customers happy1

Conjugations for strive:

present
  1. strive
  2. strive
  3. strives
  4. strive
  5. strive
  6. strive
simple past
  1. strived
  2. strived
  3. strived
  4. strived
  5. strived
  6. strived
present perfect
  1. have strived
  2. have strived
  3. has strived
  4. have strived
  5. have strived
  6. have strived
past continuous
  1. was striving
  2. were striving
  3. was striving
  4. were striving
  5. were striving
  6. were striving
future
  1. shall strive
  2. will strive
  3. will strive
  4. shall strive
  5. will strive
  6. will strive
continuous present
  1. am striving
  2. are striving
  3. is striving
  4. are striving
  5. are striving
  6. are striving
subjunctive
  1. be strived
  2. be strived
  3. be strived
  4. be strived
  5. be strived
  6. be strived
diverse
  1. strive!
  2. let's strive!
  3. strived
  4. striving
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "strive":

  1. to exert much effort or energy1
  2. attempt by employing effort1

Related Synonyms for strive