Struggle

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounA contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

2.NounStrife, contention, great effort.

3.VerbTo strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

"During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves."

4.VerbTo have difficulty with something.

"One of the doctor’s patients struggled with depression."

5.VerbTo strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

"She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp."

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