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Noun striving has 1 sense

• striving(n = noun.act) nisus, pains, strain - an effortful attempt to attain a goal; Array
is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
has particulars: jehad, jihad
Derived form verb strive₁

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THESAURUS

striving

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

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