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struggle

  • noun
  • strug·gle
  • /ˈstɹʌɡəl/

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

Other meanings

  1. Strife, contention, great effort.

Related words

  • armed struggle
  • death-struggle
  • struggle bus
  • struggle kid
  • struggle session
  • struggle-buggy
  • class struggle
  • power struggle
  • the struggle is real
  • struggle meal
  • struggleism
  • counterstruggle

Example sentences

  • “Is there a purpose behind every struggle?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “She struggles with pronunciation.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle Dutch "struyckelen".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “struggle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.