Definitions for strive

strive strive

Spelling: [strahyv]
IPA: /straɪv/

Strive is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in strive (eirstv).

Definitions for strive

verb (used without object)

  1. to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
  2. to make strenuous efforts toward any goal:
  3. to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete.
  4. to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance:
  5. to rival; vie.

Origin of strive

1175-1225; Middle English striven Old French estriver to quarrel, compete, strive Germanic; compare obsolete Dutch strijven, German streben to strive

Examples for strive

These approaches are critical as they strive to fix the innate issue: spinal cord damage.

We live in a world bombarded by images of skinny women that are presented as the ideal body type to strive for.

We strive for peace and security, heartened by the changes all around us.

“I strive to make people forget me as a woman and see me just as someone who knows her job,” she said in an interview.

strive and grope as he would, the thing had driven him on relentlessly.

"The more reason that I should strive to mend him," quoth Alleyne.

And if we are going to have to live with our past and current racism, then we must strive for undetectable levels of infection.

Something to strive for we demand, even at the risk of bereavement.

Will it strive for purity or aim for as big a tent as possible?

I strive to be useful to my fellow-creatures, and am happy if I succeed.

Word Value for strive
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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