Strive

Verb

 * 1) To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
 * He strove to excel.
 * 1) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
 * to strive against fate
 * to strive for the truth

Adverbs for Strive
ineffectually; laboriously; ambitiously; earnestly; indomitably; energetically; incessantly; valiantly; patiently; bull-headedly; stubbornly; ineffectively; nobly; dutifully; filially; fiercely; seditiously; diligently; vainly.

Thesaurus
agonize, aim, aim to, assay, attempt, attempt to, battle, be determined, box, brawl, broil, buffet, clash, close, collide, combat, come to blows, compete, contend, contest, cut and thrust, dare to, drive, duel, endeavor, essay, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, give and take, give satisfaction, go all out, grapple, grapple with, grunt and sweat, hassle, huff and puff, jostle, joust, labor, make every effort, mix it up, moil, offer, pretend to, quarrel, rassle, resolve, riot, run a tilt, scramble, scuffle, seek, seek to, skirmish, spar, strain, strive to, struggle, study, study to, sweat, sweat blood, thrust and parry, tilt, toil, tourney, travail, try, try and, try hard, try to, tug, tussle, undertake, venture to, wage war, war, work, work at, wrestle

Etymology
striven: "to strive" from estriver: "to compete, quarrel" from 🇫🇴 estrif: "quarrel, dispute", alteration (influenced by  forms related to  *undefined: "to strive", compare  strijven: "to strive",  streben: "to strive") of 🇫🇴 estrit:, of  origin, from  *undefined: "quarrel, dispute" from. Akin to strit: "quarrel" ( Streit:),  stritan: "to fight",  strið: "strife, contention". More at stride.

Translations

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: كافح, اجتهد,  ناضل,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 奮鬥,  奋斗,  殫力,  殚力,  力圖,  力图,  ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Indonesian: berjuang, memperjuangkan, bersusah payah
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 努力する (どりょくする, doryoku-suru), 闘う (たたかう, tatakau), 努める,
 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: esforçar-se, batalhar por algo
 * Russian:, ,  ,  прилагать усилия
 * Slovene: stremeti, prizadevati si
 * Spanish: esforzarse
 * Telugu: కష్టించు (kashTiMchu), కృషి చేయు (krushi cEyu)


 * Finnish: taistella, kamppailla

Anagrams

 * rivets
 * stiver