'Striving' definitions:
Definition of 'striving'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Striving'
From: GCIDE
- Strive \Strive\, v. i. [imp. Strove; p. p. Striven(Rarely, Strove); p. pr. & vb. n. Striving.] [OF. estriver; of Teutonic origin, and akin to G. streben, D. streven, Dan. straebe, Sw. str[aum]fva. Cf. Strife.]
- 1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard. [1913 Webster]
- Was for this his ambition strove To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove? --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- My Spirit shall not always strive with man. --Gen. vi. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Why dost thou strive against him? --Job xxxiii. 13. [1913 Webster]
- Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- [Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Striving'
From: GCIDE
- Striving \Striv"ing\, a. & n. from Strive. -- {Striv"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'striving'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aim,
- ambition,
- animus,
- aspiration,
- battling,
- combat,
- competition,
- conflict,
- contending,
- contestant,
- contesting,
- counsel,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- design,
- desire,
- determination,
- disputant,
- drudging,
- effect,
- effort,
- emulation,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- exertion,
- fight,
- fighting,
- fixed purpose,
- function,
- grinding,
- grubbing,
- hardworking,
- hassle,
- idea,
- intendment,
- intent,
- intention,
- labor,
- laboring,
- meaning,
- mind,
- motive,
- nisus,
- pegging,
- plan,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- point,
- project,
- proposal,
- prospectus,
- purpose,
- quarrelsome,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- rivalry,
- sake,
- slaving,
- slogging,
- strain,
- straining,
- strife,
- struggle,
- struggling,
- study,
- sweating,
- toil,
- toiling,
- travail,
- trial,
- try,
- tug-of-war,
- undertaking,
- view,
- warfare,
- warlike,
- warring,
- will,
- work,
- working