struggle
pronunciation
How to pronounce struggle in British English:
UK [ˈstrʌɡl]
How to pronounce struggle in American English:
US [ˈstrʌɡl]
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- Noun:
- an energetic attempt to achieve something
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- strenuous effort
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- Verb:
- make a strenuous or labored effort
- to exert strenuous effort against opposition
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
Word Origin
- struggle (v.)
- late 14c., of uncertain origin, probably a frequentative form (compare trample, scuffle), of uncertain origin. Skeat suggests Old Norse strugr "ill will;" others suggest a connection to Dutch struikelen, German straucheln "to stumble." Related: Struggled; struggling.
- struggle (n.)
- 1690s, from struggle (v.).
Example
- 1. But it is also an existential struggle .
- 2. Struggle keeps you moving , no matter what the speed is .
- 3. The pq may struggle to match that record .
- 4. Willpower is a struggle in the modern era .
- 5. Raising rates would make the struggle even worse .