Definitions
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- v. Present participle of strive.
- n. Effort.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- a. & n. from strive.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Strenuous or earnest effort; straggle; endeavor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an effortful attempt to attain a goal
Etymologies
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Examples
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On this objection, the striving doctrine uses a kind of metaphorical language, the term ˜striving™, where a precise and literal account of what it is that is characteristic of mind is required.
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Second, in striving to protect the Internet we all know and love, we do not want to thwart the prospects of success for those who have historically been disadvantaged in business and economic development - women, people of color, members of low-income communities.
Navarrow Wright: Put the Politics Aside and Get to the Business of Broadband
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And the fear of death, of God, of the universe, comes over him, — the hope of the Resurrection and the Life, the yearning for immortality, the vain striving of the imprisoned essence, — it is then, if ever, man walks alone with God.
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However, in striving to achieve an appropriately soothing effect by suffusing the waters with a sort of pale milky blush of eau de nil, the better to slow them down, even warm them up a bit, most unfortunately the Master of Pyongyang creates the impression here not of a glacial burn or torrent fed by thawing snow, but rather the cloudy, acrid run-off from some unseen nuclear research facility a little way upstream.
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In teaching contexts, time is the one effective vehicle we have in striving to accommodate for the individual response ….
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We love to strive for perfection, with the idea that in striving we will be our best.
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Hafiz holds that all religion and indeed, all human striving, is rooted in love.
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She was too absorbed in striving to reconcile the stumbling, uncouth speech and its simplicity of thought with what she saw in his face.
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If we begin striving to find a way to extend human presence in space cheaper than what it is being done for now, we may all eventually agree to go more strongly in that direction.
Reader's Consensus: Develop a new launch vehicle - NASA Watch
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Technically and intentionally unplayable, the work is more about the choices artists make in striving for an ideal than it is anything else.
bilby commented on the word striving
I am a parcel of vain strivings tied
By a chance bond together,
Dangling this way and that, their links
Were made so loose and wide,
Methinks,
For milder weather.
- Henry David Thoreau, 'I Am A Parcel Of Vain Striving Tied'.
February 11, 2009