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English noun: struggle | |||
| 1. | struggle (act) an energetic attempt to achieve something | ||
| Samples | Getting through the crowd was a real struggle. He fought a battle for recognition. | ||
| Synonyms | battle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | duel, joust, scramble, scuffle, tilt | ||
| 2. | struggle (act) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) | ||
| Samples | The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. Police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs. | ||
| Synonyms | battle, conflict | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | class struggle, class war, class warfare, combat, counterinsurgency, feud, fight, fighting, insurrection, pacification, rebellion, revolt, rising, scrap, strife, tug-of-war, turf war, uprising, war, warfare | ||
| 3. | struggle (act) strenuous effort | ||
| Samples | The struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling | ||
English verb: struggle | |||
| 1. | struggle (social) make a strenuous or labored effort | ||
| Samples | She struggled for years to survive without welfare. He fought for breath. | ||
| Synonyms | fight | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assay, attempt, essay, seek, try | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drive, flounder, labor, labour, push, tug | ||
| 2. | struggle (contact) to exert strenuous effort against opposition | ||
| Samples | He struggled to get free from the rope. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | endeavor, endeavour, strive | ||
| 3. | struggle (motion) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | ||
| Synonyms | clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | climb | ||
| 4. | struggle (competition) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | ||
| Samples | The tribesmen fought each other. Siblings are always fighting. Militant groups are contending for control of the country. | ||
| Synonyms | contend, fight | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assail, attack, bandy, battle, bear down, box, chicken-fight, chickenfight, combat, defend, duel, engage, fence, feud, fight, fight back, fight back, fight down, fistfight, get back, join battle, joust, oppose, scuffle, settle, skirmish, spar, tourney, tug, tussle, wage, war, wrestle | ||
| Entail | compete, contend, vie | ||
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