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STRYV/straɪv/

To strive is to make a great effort to achieve something: strive for accuracy, strive to improve. Try is everyday; endeavour is a formal twin; coast sits opposite. Do not strive to rephrase a gap as “lean”.

Meaning

To make a great effort to achieve something.

Examples

• “Strive to staff the sitting; do not strive to phrase the gap as “lean”.”
• “Try is everyday. Attempt is a cousin. Endeavour is formal. Struggle (already in the dictionary) often marks difficulty without success. Copy that hides a hole is still a hole. Put a name on the rota.”

Good to know

Try hard to achieve. Everyday: try. Formal twin: endeavour. Rephrasing a gap is not striving for quality.

Near in meaning

endeavour

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