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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"
verb (used without object) , strug·gled, strug·gling. to contend with an adversary or opposing force. Synonyms: conflict, fight, contest, oppose. to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive: to struggle for existence.
[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.
[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.
4 days ago · 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 definition: 1. to try very hard to do something difficult: 2. to fight someone when they are holding you: 3…. Learn more.
to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive: to struggle for existence. 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 ...
a. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled for years before breaking through as an actor. b. To have difficulty or make a strenuous effort doing something: struggled to be polite. c. To move or progress with difficulty: struggled up the steep slope. 3.
