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Meaning of 'Struggle'
Meaning of 'Struggle' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Struggle 
[ n.]
- A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body;
agony; distress. [ n.]- Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.
- Contest; contention; strife.
2. Struggle [ v. i.]
- To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or
with contortions of the body. [ v. i.]- To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
- To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.
Meaning of 'Struggle' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. struggle [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an energetic attempt to achieve something
- an energetic attempt to achieve something
Example in sentence:
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle;
- he fought a battle for recognition
Meaning (2):
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
Example in sentence:
- police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs;
- the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Meaning (3):
- strenuous effort
- strenuous effort
Example in sentence:
- the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her
2. struggle [ v]
[ v]Meaning (4):
- to exert strenuous effort against opposition
- to exert strenuous effort against opposition
Example in sentence:
- he struggled to get free from the rope
Meaning (5):
- make a strenuous or labored effort
- make a strenuous or labored effort
Example in sentence:
- He fought for breath;
- She struggled for years to survive without welfare
Meaning (6):
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
Example in sentence:
- Militant groups are contending for control of the country;
- Siblings are always fighting;
- the tribesmen fought each other
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