(to struggle)

  • 11struggle — vb strive, endeavor, essay, *attempt, try Analogous words: *contend, fight: compete, vie, *rival, emulate: toil, labor, work, travail (see corresponding nouns at WORK) struggle n striving, endeavor, essay, attempt, try (see under ATTEMPT vb) …

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  • 12struggle — [strug′əl] vi. struggled, struggling [ME strogelen < ?] 1. to contend or fight violently with an opponent 2. to make great efforts or attempts; strive; labor 3. to make one s way with difficulty [to struggle through a thicket] vt. Rare …

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  • 13struggle for life — struggle for existence or struggle for life, Biology. the competition between living animals or plants for survival; natural selection. Often, the circumstances helping one form survive cause another to die out …

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  • 14struggle along — ˌstruggle aˈlong/ˈon derived to continue despite problems • The business struggled along for some time. • Life is hard but we all have to struggle on. Main entry: ↑strugglederived …

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  • 15Struggle for Pleasure — is the name of a song released in 1983 by Belgian composer Wim Mertens. It is the theme song used by the Belgian Proximus phone operator. It featured in the Peter Greenaway movie The Belly of an Architect. It was also covered by Belgian dance… …

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  • 16Struggle Down Under (Choose Your Own Adventure) — Struggle Down Under is a gamebook (a form of narrative, usually written in the second person, that allows the reader to participate in the story by choosing various narrative paths using numbered references) in the Choose Your Own Adventure… …

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  • 17struggle for life — англ. (страгл фо лайф) борьба за существование. (выражение принадлежит Ч. Дарвину, который впервые употребил его в своем труде «Происхождение видов»/ Толковый словарь иностранных слов Л. П. Крысина. М: Русский язык, 1998 …

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  • 18struggle for existence — struggle for existence. См. борьба за существование. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

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  • 19Struggle for life — (engl., spr. ströggl for leif), Kampf ums Dasein (s.d.) …

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  • 20struggle — I noun affray, agitation, attempt, battle, broil, certamen, clash, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contestation, controversy, disagreement, dissension, effort, encounter, endeavor, engagement, essay, exertion, feud,… …

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