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a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort.
noun. 1. : contest, strife. armed struggle. a power struggle. 2. : a violent effort or exertion : an act of strongly motivated striving. a struggle to make ends meet. 3. : tussle sense 1. during the struggle the gun went off. Synonyms.
to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something: [ + to infinitive ] The dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose. I've been struggling to understand this article all afternoon. Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.
n. 1. The act of struggling: the rat's struggle to escape the snake's coils. 2. A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty: the struggle for civil rights. 3. Strife, contention, or combat: armed struggle. 4. Something that is difficult to do or achieve: Getting him to agree will be a struggle. [Middle English struglen .] strug′gler n.
Something that can only be accomplished with great effort is said to be a struggle. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in the Civil Rights struggle. Alice Paul was a leader in the struggle for a woman's right to vote.
A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. Life became a struggle for survival. [ + for] ...a young lad's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family. He is currently locked in a power struggle with his Prime Minister. [ + with]
to try very hard to do something difficult: [ + to do sth ] He's struggling to pay off his debts. Fewer examples. His parents were rich, whereas mine had to struggle. I struggle to balance work and family commitments. We struggled up a steep ascent. He furrowed his brow as he struggled to think of a solution.
