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adjective
- 1. striving to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance: "these figures suggest more bad news for struggling homeowners"
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adjective. uk / ˈstrʌɡ.lɪŋ / us / ˈstrʌɡ.lɪŋ / Add to word list. unsuccessful but trying hard to succeed: It's the story of a struggling artist who marries a rich woman. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not achieving wealth, popularity, or success.
to use a lot of effort to defeat someone, prevent something, or achieve something: For years she struggled with/against the establishment to get her theories accepted. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. : contest, strife. armed struggle. a power struggle. 2. : a violent effort or exertion : an act of strongly motivated striving. a struggle to make ends meet. 3. : tussle sense 1. during the struggle the gun went off. Synonyms.
n. 1. The act of struggling: the rat's struggle to escape the snake's coils. 2. A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty: the struggle for civil rights. 3. Strife, contention, or combat: armed struggle. 4. Something that is difficult to do or achieve: Getting him to agree will be a struggle. [Middle English struglen.] strug′gler n.
Definition of struggle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of struggling. adjective. engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity. “a financially struggling theater”. “ struggling artists”. synonyms: troubled. characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. Pronunciation.
If a person or organization is struggling, they are likely to fail in what they are doing, even though they might be trying very hard. The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product. One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective struggling mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective struggling. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
1. The act of struggling: the rat's struggle to escape the snake's coils. 2. A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty: the struggle for civil rights. 3. Strife, contention, or combat: armed struggle. 4. Something that is difficult to do or achieve: Getting him to agree will be a struggle. [Middle English struglen.] strug′gler n.
verb. make a strenuous or labored effort. “She struggled for years to survive without welfare” synonyms: fight. see more. verb. exert strenuous effort against opposition. “he struggled to get free from the rope” synonyms: strive. see more. verb. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.
