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- Dictionarystruggle/ˈstrʌɡl/
verb
- 1. make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction: "before she could struggle, he lifted her up" Similar
noun
- 1. a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack: "there were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around" Similar
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STRUGGLE definition: 1. to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something: 2. to move…. Learn more.
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.
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.
noun. a laboured or strenuous exertion or effort. a fight or battle. the act of struggling. the struggle. the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, especially by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC.
struggle, brush, clash refer to a hostile meeting of opposing persons, parties, or forces. struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle.
struggle. ( ˈstrʌɡəl) vb. 1. ( intr; usually foll by for or against; may take an infinitive) to exert strength, energy, and force; work or strive: to struggle to obtain freedom.
STRUGGLE definition: 1. to try very hard to do something difficult: 2. to fight someone when they are holding you: 3…. Learn more.
[countable] a hard fight in which people try to obtain or achieve something, especially something that somebody else does not want them to have. Marx wrote about the class struggle. She played a very important role during the freedom struggle. struggle for something a struggle for independence.
to advance with violent effort: to struggle through the snow. (of athletes and competitors) to be coping with inability to perform well or to win; contend with difficulty: After struggling for the whole month of June, he suddenly caught fire and raised his batting average 30 points.
struggle. [intransitive] to try very hard to do something when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems. struggle for something Shona struggled for breath. struggle to do something The firm is struggling to cope with the demand for its products.
