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- DictionaryStrug·gle/ˈstrəɡ(ə)l/
verb
- 1. make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction: "before she could struggle, he lifted her up"
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"
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verb. 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. intr to move about strenuously so as to escape from something confining. intr to contend, battle, or fight. intr to go or progress with difficulty. noun. a laboured or strenuous exertion or effort.
Definition of struggle – Learner’s Dictionary. struggle. verb [ I ] uk / ˈstrʌɡl / us. struggle verb [I] (TRY) Add to word list. B2. 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.
[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.
struggle. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English strug‧gle1 /ˈstrʌɡəl/ W3 verb [ intransitive] 1 to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult struggle to do something She’s struggling to bring up a family alone. struggle with The airline is struggling with high costs. struggle for Millions of ...
[intransitive] to fight against somebody/something in order to prevent a bad situation or result. Chloe continued to struggle, but her eyes began to close. struggle against somebody/something He struggled against cancer for two years. We should all struggle against injustice.
n. the process or an act or instance of struggling. a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind. a task or goal requiring much effort to accomplish or achieve. Middle English struglen, stroglen, frequentative verb, verbal (see - le) formed on a base of obscure origin, originally 1350–1400.
Definitions of 'struggle' 1. If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. [...] 2. A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. [...] 3.
