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  • 11strive */ — 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… …

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  • 12strive — [[t]stra͟ɪv[/t]] strives, striving VERB (The past tense is either strove or strived, and the past participle is either striven or strived.) If you strive to do something or strive for something, you make a great effort to do it or get it. [V to… …

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  • 13strive — striver, n. strivingly, adv. /struyv/, v.i., strove or strived, striven /striv euhn/ or strived, striving. 1. to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood. 2. to make strenuous efforts toward any goal: to strive for …

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  • 14strive — [[t]straɪv[/t]] v. i. strove or strived, striv•en [[t]ˈstrɪv ən[/t]] orstrived, striv•ing. 1) to exert oneself vigorously; try hard 2) to make strenuous efforts toward any goal: to strive for success[/ex] 3) to contend in opposition, battle, or… …

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  • 15strive — verb past tense strove, past participle striven noun (I) formal to make a great effort to achieve something (+ for/after): We must continue to strive for greater efficiency. | strive to do sth: The film studio is striving to improve its public… …

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  • 16strive — /straɪv / (say struyv) verb (i) (strove or strived, striven /ˈstrɪvən/ (say strivuhn), striving) 1. to exert oneself vigorously; try hard. 2. to make strenuous efforts towards any end: to strive for success. 3. to contend in opposition, battle,… …

  • 17Strive Masiyiwa — (aka Bill Gates of Africa ) is a Zimbabwean businessman and cellphone pioneer, founding Econet Wireless.Strive Masiyiwa was born in what was Southern Rhodesia in 1961. He went to High school in Scotland; he gained a degree in Electrical and… …

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  • 18Strive to Survive Causing the Least Suffering Possible — Strive To Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible …

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  • 19strive — [v] try for, exert oneself aim, assay, attempt, bear down, bend over backward*, break one’s neck*, compete, contend, do one’s best*, do one’s utmost*, drive, endeavor, essay, fight, go after, go all out*, go for broke*, go for the jugular*, go… …

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  • 20strive — I verb aim, aspire, attempt, bestir oneself, bid for, carry into execution, compete, conari, contend, contendere, contest, do all one can, do one s best, do one s utmost, drive at, drudge, employ one s time, employ oneself, endeavor, endeavor to… …

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