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  • strive for — phr verb Strive for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑equality, ↑excellence, ↑goal, ↑ideal, ↑perfection …   Collocations dictionary

  • Strive for Jive — Infobox music DVD Name = Strive For Jive Type = Live Concert Video Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra Cover size = 158 Released = 1993 Recorded = 1985, Chicago Rating = Genre = Jazz Region = Length = 48:00 Label = V.I.E.W. Video Director =… …   Wikipedia

  • STRIVE FOR — …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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. str[ae]be, Sw. str[ a]fva. Cf. {Strife}.] 1. To make efforts; to use… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • strive — [straıv] v past tense strove [strəuv US strouv] past participle striven [ˈstrıvən] [i]formal [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: estriver] to make a great effort to achieve something strive to do sth ▪ I was still striving to be successful.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • strive — [ straıv ] (past tense strove [ strouv ] ; past participle striv|en [ strıvn ] ) verb intransitive * to make a lot of effort to achieve something: strive to do something: We strive to be accurate, but some mistakes are inevitable. strive for:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • For One More Day — is a 2006 novel taken place during the mid 1900 s by the acclaimed sportswriter and author Mitch Albom. It opens with the novel s protagonist planning to commit suicide. His adulthood is shown to have been rife with sadness. His own daughter didn …   Wikipedia

  • strive — 01. She has to [strive] to catch up to her classmates because she has been absent for a week. 02. Anthony J. D Angelo once said, Continually [strive] to improve yourself. 03. We must work together, and [strive] for peace, despite our history and… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • strive — v. 1) (d; intr.) to strive for (to strive for peace) 2) (formal) (E) we strive to please * * * [straɪv] (formal) (E) we strive to please (d; intr.) to strive for (to strive for peace) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • strive */ — UK [straɪv] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms strive : present tense I/you/we/they strive he/she/it strives present participle striving past tense strove UK [strəʊv] / US [stroʊv] past participle striven UK [ˈstrɪv(ə)n] / US to make a lot of… …   English dictionary

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