Definitions for strives

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strives strife

Spelling: [strahyf]

IPA: /straɪf/

Strives is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in strives (eirsstv).

Definitions for strives

noun

1. vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
2. a quarrel, struggle, or clash:
3. competition or rivalry:
4. Archaic. strenuous effort.

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 strives

1175-1225; Middle English strif Old French estrif, akin to estriver to strive

Examples for strives

Nor is it that he ignores the past, Lucy, or strives to forget it,—far from that.

The more pop our culture gets, the more rock he strives to be.

He knows how you feel: that is why he strives to keep you apart.

Satisfied, but not content, Gold strives to live up to her surname, as well as stamp it on the long list of American greats.

Afraid to lose her account over a simple shot of short shorts, Cindy strives to follow the invisible rules for adult entertainers.

It strives to seal forever the fate of those it has enslaved.

Carles told me that MormonThink strives to be objective and impartial.

Nowadays, when one strives to penetrate things one is confounded.

As for Yasin, he strives to make sure some of his halal meat comes from his own hands.

The soul believes it, and this is the goal she strives for both now and hereafter.