Strive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

attempt by employing effort

to exert much effort or energy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stɹˈaɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/stɹˈaɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stɹˈaɪv/

1 syllable Say it as /stɹˈaɪv/.

Examples

we endeavor to make our customers happy
straining our ears to hear

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strain reach endeavour endeavor

Parts of Speech

verb	attempt by employing effort “we endeavor to make our customers happy”
verb	to exert much effort or energy “straining our ears to hear”

Word Forms

endeavor	noun	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
endeavour	noun	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
striving	noun	an effortful attempt to attain a goal
strain	noun	an intense or violent exertion

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

streben

mit Anstrengung versuchen

🇫🇷French

aspirer

tenter en employant des efforts

🇪🇸Spanish

esforzarse

intento empleando esfuerzo

🇮🇹Italian

sforzarsi

tentativo impiegando sforzo

🇳🇱Dutch

streven

proberen door inspanning te leveren

🇵🇹Portuguese

esforço

tentativa empregando esforço

🇷🇺Russian

стремиться

попытаться, приложив усилие

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कोशिश करना

प्रयास नियोजित करके प्रयास करें

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রচেষ্টা

প্রচেষ্টা নিযুক্ত দ্বারা প্রচেষ্টা

🇮🇳Tamil

பாடுபடுங்கள்

முயற்சியை பயன்படுத்தி முயற்சி

🇮🇳Telugu

కష్టపడతారు

కృషిని ఉపయోగించడం ద్వారా ప్రయత్నం

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रयत्न करणे

प्रयत्न वापरून प्रयत्न

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રયત્ન કરવો

પ્રયત્નો દ્વારા પ્રયાસ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ

ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരിശ്രമിക്കുക

പ്രയത്നം ഉപയോഗിച്ചുള്ള ശ്രമം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼

ਜਤਨ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼

🇵🇰Urdu

کوشش

کوشش کو بروئے کار لا کر کوشش کریں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

努力

努力尝试

🇯🇵Japanese

努力する

努力して試みる

🇰🇷Korean

애쓰다

노력을 기울여 시도하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phấn đấu

cố gắng bằng cách sử dụng nỗ lực

🇹🇭Thai

มุ่งมั่น

ความพยายามโดยใช้ความพยายาม

🇮🇩Indonesian

berjuang

usaha dengan menggunakan usaha

🇵🇭Filipino

magsikap

pagtatangka sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng pagsisikap

🇲🇾Malay

berusaha

percubaan dengan menggunakan usaha

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يجتهد

محاولة من خلال توظيف الجهد

🇮🇷Persian

تلاش کردن

تلاش با به کارگیری تلاش

🇹🇷Turkish

çabalamak

çaba harcayarak girişimde bulunmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִשְׁאוֹף

ניסיון באמצעות מאמץ

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