strive

«strive» in Mova's school dictionary: To try very hard to do or get something, over a long… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (strive, strives, strove or strived, striven or strived, striving)

meaning for a pupil

1) To try very hard to do or get something, over a long time: strive to do your best. tree →

2) To struggle or fight against something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in school mottoes, assemblies and formal writing: «We strive for excellence.» In values lessons: striving means working hard and not giving up. In the Bible and hymns: strive to do good. In stories: heroes strive against danger.

examples

• We strive to be kind to everyone. tree →
• She strove to finish the race. tree →
• Our school motto is «Strive and Succeed». tree →
• The team strives to improve every week. tree →
• Mole strove to keep up with the Rat. tree →
• Scientists strive to find cures for diseases. tree →
• They strove against the storm all night. tree →
• But the wife had walked far, and was very tired, and strive as she would, she fell sound asleep. tree →

note

Irregular: strive, strove, striven (old) or strived (newer, especially in the USA). Formal; everyday word: «try hard». Noun: strife (fighting) is related but different in meaning.

In the corpora

• «Why strive? why struggle?» (strive = try hard)
• And they digged another well, and they strove for that also.
• And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not.
• And Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban.
• These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «strive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.