Struggle
noun
A hard or determined attempt to achieve something.
Their struggle for independence lasted for many years.
Often appears as...
- struggle for independence
- struggle for survival
verb
To try very hard to do something difficult.
I struggled to lift the heavy box.
Often appears as...
- struggle to understand
- struggle to carry
noun
A violent or determined fight or effort.
There was a struggle between the two robbers.
Often appears as...
- struggle between opponents
- struggle against injustice
verb
To move with difficulty or with great effort.
She struggled out of the wreckage.
Often appears as...
- struggle out of
- struggle through
noun
A situation that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with.
Dealing with the loss was a real struggle for him.
Often appears as...
- struggle with loss
- struggle with addiction
noun
A hard or determined attempt to achieve something.
Their struggle for independence lasted for many years.
Often appears as...
- struggle for independence
- struggle for survival
verb
To try very hard to do something difficult.
I struggled to lift the heavy box.
Often appears as...
- struggle to understand
- struggle to carry
noun
A violent or determined fight or effort.
There was a struggle between the two robbers.
Often appears as...
- struggle between opponents
- struggle against injustice
verb
To move with difficulty or with great effort.
She struggled out of the wreckage.
Often appears as...
- struggle out of
- struggle through
noun
A situation that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with.
Dealing with the loss was a real struggle for him.
Often appears as...
- struggle with loss
- struggle with addiction
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Collective Efforts
Used to describe group efforts towards a challenging goal.
The workers' struggle for fair wages united them.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Movements
Often associated with historical fights for rights or change.
The struggle against colonialism shaped many nations.
Pro Tip 1/2Collective Efforts
Used to describe group efforts towards a challenging goal.
The workers' struggle for fair wages united them.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Movements
Often associated with historical fights for rights or change.
The struggle against colonialism shaped many nations.
Pro Tip 1/2Collective Efforts
Used to describe group efforts towards a challenging goal.
The workers' struggle for fair wages united them.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Movements
Often associated with historical fights for rights or change.
The struggle against colonialism shaped many nations.
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Will you break free to struggle towards the light, even if it costs you your friends and family, or stick with comfortable and familiar illusions? Truth or habit? Light or shadow? Hard choices, but if it's any consolation, you're not alone. There are lots of us down here.
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or terrorized by dragons, but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families spanning generations and involving a massive cast of characters with complex motives and shifting loyalties.
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Army Ants Rampage...
The more the prey struggles, the more the ants engage. Right across the raid front, prey of all sizes are driven from their hiding places.
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Emperor Penguin Mourns...
Eventually, a huge huddle forms. While those in the centre are warm and protected, those on the outside are still struggling.
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Expanding our definition...
pigeon struggled all words just look like toys and they punished her unmanageable fee we cannot measure what's important
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Our Fight Against Death...
humanity struggle against death has been our most enduring fight
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Baby Elephant's Struggle...
finally the pair help him struggle to his feet
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Your body language may...
to which the students were participating, and how well they were participating. And this is really important in the MBA classroom, because participation counts for half the grade. So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap. You get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades,
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What is depression? -...
Other promising treatments, like transcranial magnetic stimulation, are being investigated, too. So, if you know someone struggling with depression, encourage them, gently, to seek out some of these options. You might even offer to help with specific tasks, like looking up therapists in the area,
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Why do people get so...
that helps you organize the information you need to complete a task. Worrying about being able to solve math problems, or not doing well on a test, eats up working memory, leaving less of it available to tackle the math itself. People can suddenly struggle with even basic math skills,
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
Will you break free to struggle towards the light, even if it costs you your friends and family, or stick with comfortable and familiar illusions? Truth or habit? Light or shadow? Hard choices, but if it's any consolation, you're not alone. There are lots of us down here.
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The wars that inspired...
or terrorized by dragons, but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families spanning generations and involving a massive cast of characters with complex motives and shifting loyalties.
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Army Ants Rampage...
The more the prey struggles, the more the ants engage. Right across the raid front, prey of all sizes are driven from their hiding places.
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Emperor Penguin Mourns...
Eventually, a huge huddle forms. While those in the centre are warm and protected, those on the outside are still struggling.
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Expanding our definition...
pigeon struggled all words just look like toys and they punished her unmanageable fee we cannot measure what's important
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Our Fight Against Death...
humanity struggle against death has been our most enduring fight
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Baby Elephant's Struggle...
finally the pair help him struggle to his feet
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Wilma Rudolph
American Athlete
You become world famous, and you sit with kings and queens, and then your first job is just a job. You can't go back to living the way you did before because you've been taken out of one setting and shown the other. That becomes a struggle and makes you struggle.
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Zinedine Zidane
French Athlete
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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Fred Hampton
American Activist
You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.
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Huey Newton
American Activist
If you stop struggling, then you stop life.
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Voltaire
French Writer
My life is a struggle.
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Wilma Rudolph
American Athlete
You become world famous, and you sit with kings and queens, and then your first job is just a job. You can't go back to living the way you did before because you've been taken out of one setting and shown the other. That becomes a struggle and makes you struggle.
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Zinedine Zidane
French Athlete
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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Fred Hampton
American Activist
You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.
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Huey Newton
American Activist
If you stop struggling, then you stop life.
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Voltaire
French Writer
My life is a struggle.
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