striving

Meaning of striving

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
    national movements were striving for independence
    we must strive to secure steady growth

Middle English: shortening of Old French estriver ; related to estrif ‘strife’.

Information about striving

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of striving is: strivings.
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Hyphenation of striving

striv-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • striving is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

striving synonyms

Meaning nisus:

nisus, pains, strain

Translation of striving

Words that rhyme with striving

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