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# strive

«strive» in Mova's school dictionary: **To try very hard to do or get something, over a long…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (strive, strives, strove or strived, striven or strived, striving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To try very hard to do or get something, over a long time: strive to do your best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#m1)

2) To struggle or fight against something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Common in school mottoes, assemblies and formal writing: «We strive for excellence.» In values lessons: striving means working hard and not giving up. In the Bible and hymns: strive to do good. In stories: heroes strive against danger.

### examples

- We strive to be kind to everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x1)
- She strove to finish the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x2)
- Our school motto is «Strive and Succeed». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x3)
- The team strives to improve every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x4)
- Mole strove to keep up with the Rat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x5)
- Scientists strive to find cures for diseases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x6)
- They strove against the storm all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x7)
- But the wife had walked far, and was very tired, and strive as she would, she fell sound asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/#x8)

### note

Irregular: strive, strove, striven (old) or strived (newer, especially in the USA). Formal; everyday word: «try hard». Noun: strife (fighting) is related but different in meaning.

### In the corpora

- [«Why strive? why struggle?» (strive = try hard)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/28/)
- [And they digged another well, and they strove for that also.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.754/)
- [And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.756/)
- [And Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.975/)
- [These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.739/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «strive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.