struggle (noun)
1struggle — Ⅰ. struggle UK US /ˈstrʌgl/ noun [C] ► a hard effort or fight to do or get something: a struggle for sth »There was a struggle for control of the company. a struggle against sth »The struggle against drugs took up much of the police s time and… …
2struggle — 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,… …
3struggle — ► VERB 1) make forceful efforts to get free. 2) strive under difficult circumstances to do something. 3) make one s way with difficulty. 4) have difficulty in gaining recognition or a living. ► NOUN 1) an act of struggling. 2) …
4struggle-buggy — noun An old or beat up motor vehicle. My struggle buggy was getting to look like a rinky dink old tin can on wheels, so when I got back to Chicago that Fall I traded it in for a Willys Knight brougham sedan …
5struggle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fight ADJECTIVE ▪ epic, great, life and death, titanic ▪ bitter, desperate, fierce, heroic, violent …
6struggle — strug|gle1 [ strʌgl ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to try hard to do something that you find very difficult: He struggled a little at first, but he reads well now. struggle for: Andy was coughing and struggling for breath. struggle with: They ve had …
7struggle */*/ — I UK [ˈstrʌɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms struggle : present tense I/you/we/they struggle he/she/it struggles present participle struggling past tense struggled past participle struggled 1) to try hard to do something that you find… …
8struggle — [[t]strʌ̱g(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ struggles, struggling, struggled 1) VERB If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. [V prep] They had to struggle against all… …
9struggle — I. intransitive verb (struggled; struggling) Etymology: Middle English struglen Date: 14th century 1. to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition < struggling with the problem > 2. to proceed with difficulty or… …
10struggle — 1 verb (I) 1 to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult and you have a lot of problems: struggle to do sth: She s struggling to bring up a family on a very low income. (+ for): a young artist struggling for… …
