Definition of "strive"

strive¹

/ˈstɹaɪv/

verb
third-person singular simple present strives, present participle striving, simple past strove or strived, past participle striven or strived or (nonstandard, colloquial) strove
1. To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
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  Though the writer has striven to dwell on aspects that have passed, or are passing away, it will be apparent that many features of Midland practice have been adopted as standard for the L.M.S.R. and other railways.
  1946 May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 200
  Moreover, on several occasions, terminus stations such as Nine Elms, Bishop's Bridge, Maiden Lane and Bishopgate were built rather further away from the centre of London, only to be dispensed with as the various railway companies strove to get as near as possible to the lucrative markets of the City and the West End.
  2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, number 922, page 62
2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
  Quotations
  Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
  1668, John Denham, “On the Earl of Strafford’s Tryal and Death”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, 4th edition, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry] Herringman […]
3. To vie; to compete as a rival.
  Quotations
  [Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive.
  1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,

strive²

/ˈstɹaɪv/

noun
plural strives
1. (obsolete) Alternative form of strife

Definition of "strive"

strive1

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strive2

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