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Meaning of struggle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈstrʌɡəl

Definitions

  1. A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task
  2. A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
  3. fight, brawl
  4. Strife, contention, great effort
  5. Strife, contention, great effort.
  6. To move or place (something) with an effort: struggled the heavy desk into the elevator.
  7. To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend
  8. To strive in opposition:battle, combat, contend, duel, fight, tilt, war, wrestle.
  9. quarrel, argument
  10. To have difficulty with something
  11. an act of struggling, or a fight. The struggle for independence was long and hard. worsteling كِفاح، نِضال битка luta boj der Kampf kamp αγώναςlucha võitlus مبارزه kamppailu lutteמאבק हाथापाई, संघर्ष borba, naprezanje küzdelem perjuangan barátta lotta 斗争 고군분투 kova cīņa perjuangan worstelingkamp, strevwalka مبارزه luta a se lupta (pentru) борьба boj boj borba kamp การต่อสู้ mücadele 鬥爭 боротьба; зусилля جد و جہد cuộc đấu tranh 斗争
  12. fight, bout
  13. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body
  14. to have only just enough money to live. net-net genoeg geld verdien يكون لديْه ما يَكْفيه للحياة فقط карам я някакси subsistir žít z ruky do úst sich durchkämpfen leve fra hånden i munden τα φέρνω βόλτα τσίμα τσίμα vivir con estrecheces, subsistir penosamente/a duras penas/con dificultad toime tulema پول كافي داشتن براي زندگي pinnistellä eteenpäin subsister tant bien que mal לְהַחזִיק מַעֲמָד प्रयत्न के समानान्तर preživljavati, živjeti s malo novca tengődik hidup pas-pasan skrimta, basla (tir...
  15. third-person singular present indicative
  16. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load.
  17. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled for years before breaking through as an actor.
  18. To contend or compete: "Right and wrong ... will ever continue to struggle" (Abraham Lincoln).
  19. The act of struggling: the rat's struggle to escape the snake's coils.
  20. A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty: the struggle for civil rights.
  21. Strife, contention, or combat: armed struggle.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

Afrikaans stryd
Беларуская бітва
Български битка бой борба
Català lluita lluitar
Čeština bitva boj zápas zápasit
Dansk kamp kæmpe
Ελληνικά αγώνας μάχη πάλη
Esperanto barakti lukti lukto
Eesti lahing
Euskara borroka
Gàidhlig còmhstri iomairt
עברית מאבק
Bahasa Indonesia juang kerja keras peperangan perjuangan
Íslenska barátta
Italiano lotta lottare
ქართული ჭიდილი
Қазақша күрес
Кыргызча күрөш
Lietuvių kova
Latviešu cīņa
Македонски битка бој борба се бори
മലയാളം പോരാട്ടം
Монгол тэмцэх
မြန်မာဘာသာ တိုက်ပွဲ
Português debater-se luta lutar
Română luptă zbate
Slovenčina bitka boj bojovať
Slovenščina borba
Shqip luftë
Svenska kamp kämpa klinch
தமிழ் போராட்டம்
తెలుగు పోరాట
Тоҷикӣ муҳориба ҷанг
Türkmençe göreş
ئۇيغۇرچە كۈرەش
Tiếng Việt đấu tranh gian truân

Examples

“The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground. He worked night and day to supplement it.”
“R. Moskowitz charges cisgender readers to be as conscious and deliberate with our religious identities as transgender and gender non-conforming people are with theirs, arguing that holiness is only achieved through continuous and unrelenting struggle and change.”

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