striving

Speech parts

1. striving - Noun

2. striving - Verb

Meaning

of Strive

a. & n. from Strive.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

strain pains nisus work industry attempt battle campaign travail determined effort application fight competition labor

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Antonyms

slack heavy breaking passive casual inactive

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Hypernyms

attempt effort try endeavor endeavour

Hyponyms

jihad jehad

Phrases with the word

I'm striving I am striving

Examples

If you find that there is no love in you, but you want to have it, then do deeds of love, even though you do them without love in the beginning. The Lord will see your desire and striving and will put love in your heart. Ambrose of Optina

What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. Zhuangzi

By continually striving for the best, one may waste good opportunities. English Proverb

It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope. Dutch Proverb

It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the Pope. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

strive towards striven striver strivingly strix strix aluco