Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 7681 6994471 2009-07-17T11:12:20Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for cs, nl, eo, fi, fr, de, it ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|striven}} < {{etyl|fro}} {{term|estriver||to strive}}, probably < OHG. *{{term|striban}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/'stɻaɪv/}} * {{audio|En-us-strive.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|aɪv}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|strives|striving|'''[[strove]]''' or '''[[strived]]'''|'''[[striven]]''' or '''[[strived]]'''}} # To [[try]] to [[achieve]] a [[result]]; to make [[strenuous]] effort; to try earnestly and persistently. #: ''He strove to excel.'' # To [[struggle]] in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to [[contend]]; to [[contest]]. #: ''to strive against fate'' #: ''to strive for the truth'' ====Usage notes==== * This is a [[catenative]] verb that takes the ''to infinitive''. See [[Appendix:English catenative verbs]] * The [[strong]] or [[irregular]] forms "[[strove]]" and "[[striven]]" are more commonly used in print than "[[strived]]". ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to try}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|كافح|tr=kāfaHa|sc=Arab}}, {{t|ar|اجتهد|tr=iHtahada|sc=Arab}}, {{t|ar|ناضل|tr=nāDala|sc=Arab}}, {{t-|ar|حرص|tr=HáraSa|sc=Arab}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|努力|tr=nǔlì|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t|cmn|奮鬥|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t|cmn|奋斗|tr=fèndòu|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t|cmn|殫力|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t|cmn|殚力|tr=dānlì|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t|cmn|力圖|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t|cmn|力图|tr=lìtú|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t-|cmn|掙|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}, {{t-|cmn|挣|tr=zhèng|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|usilovat}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|streven}} * Esperanto: {{t+|eo|strebi|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyrkiä}}, {{t-|fi|ponnistella}}, {{t+|fi|yrittää}} * French: {{t+|fr|s'efforcer}} * German: {{t+|de|streben}} * Indonesian: [[juang|berjuang]], [[juang|memperjuangkan]], [[susah payah|bersusah payah]] {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t-|it|sforzarsi}} * Japanese: [[努力]]する ([[どりょく]]する, doryoku-suru), [[闘う]] ([[たたかう]], tatakau), {{t|ja|努める|tr=つとめる, tsutomeru|sc=Jpan}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[تێکۆشان]]}} * Norwegian: [[streve]] * Polish: [[starać się]] * Portuguese: [[esforçar-se]], [[batalhar por algo]] * Russian: {{t|ru|стремиться|tr=stremít'sja|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|стараться|tr=starát'sja|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|бороться|tr=borót'sja|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|бороться|tr=borót'sja|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|прилагать усилия|tr=prilagát' usílija|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: [[stremeti]], [[prizadevati]] si * [[Telugu]]: [[కష్టించు]] (kashTiMchu), [[కృషి చేయు]] (krushi cEyu) {{trans-bottom}} ====External links==== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} [[Category:English control verbs]] [[Category:English irregular verbs]] [[zh-min-nan:strive]] [[et:strive]] [[el:strive]] [[fr:strive]] [[io:strive]] [[id:strive]] [[it:strive]] [[ku:strive]] [[hu:strive]] [[ja:strive]] [[pl:strive]] [[pt:strive]] [[fi:strive]] [[ta:strive]] [[te:strive]] [[vi:strive]] [[uk:strive]] [[zh:strive]]