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- Dictionarystruggle/ˈstrʌɡl/
verb
- 1. make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction: "before she could struggle, he lifted her up" Similar
noun
- 1. a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack: "there were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around" Similar
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STRUGGLE definition: 1. to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something: 2. to move…. Learn more.
The meaning of STRUGGLE is to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition. How to use struggle in a sentence.
A struggle is a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind. How does struggle compare to brush and clash? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
to try very hard to do something difficult: [ + to do sth ] He's struggling to pay off his debts. Fewer examples. His parents were rich, whereas mine had to struggle. I struggle to balance work and family commitments. We struggled up a steep ascent. He furrowed his brow as he struggled to think of a solution.
struggle. [intransitive] to try very hard to do something when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems. struggle for something Shona struggled for breath. struggle to do something The firm is struggling to cope with the demand for its products.
Something that can only be accomplished with great effort is said to be a struggle. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in the Civil Rights struggle. Alice Paul was a leader in the struggle for a woman's right to vote. The verb form of struggle can be used for physical or mental effort.
struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief, but smart, and often casual combat: a brush between patrols. clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.
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.
noun. /ˈstrʌɡl/. /ˈstrʌɡl/. [countable] a hard fight in which people try to obtain or achieve something, especially something that somebody else does not want them to have. Marx wrote about the class struggle.
Definition of struggle verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
