# strive

Pronunciation: say "STRYV" /ˈstɹaɪv/

## Verb

1. To make a strenuous effort to achieve a result, trying earnestly and persistently.
   - Simple: To work very hard and keep trying to reach a goal.
   - _Young athletes strive to improve their times with each race._
   - _He strove for years to finish writing his first novel._
2. To struggle against an opponent; to be in conflict, dispute, or contention.
   - Simple: To fight or argue against someone or something.
   - _Reformers strive against entrenched corruption in the government._
   - _The early settlers strove against a harsh climate to survive._
3. To compete as a rival; to vie with others for a prize, position, or advantage.
   - Simple: To compete with others to win or be the best.
   - _Three companies strive for control of the new market._
   - _Candidates strove to win the party's nomination._

## Noun

4. Obsolete form of strife. *(obsolete)* — Alternative form of strife.
   - Simple: Alternative form of strife. An old way of writing strife. Use strife in modern writing.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English striven, from Old French estriver ("to compete, quarrel"), which came from a Frankish word meaning "to exert oneself." Because it is conjugated like the strong verbs drive, ride, and write, it may instead have been inherited from an unattested Old English form.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/strive (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).