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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an energetic attempt to achieve something;
- Example: "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"
- Example: "he fought a battle for recognition"
[syn: struggle, battle]

2. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
- Example: "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine
- Example: "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
[syn: conflict, struggle, battle]

3. strenuous effort;
- Example: "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"


VERB (4)

1. make a strenuous or labored effort;
- Example: "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"
- Example: "He fought for breath"
[syn: fight, struggle]

2. to exert strenuous effort against opposition;
- Example: "he struggled to get free from the rope"

3. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling;
[syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]

4. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight;
- Example: "the tribesmen fought each other"
- Example: "Siblings are always fighting"
- Example: "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
[syn: contend, fight, struggle]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Struggle \Strug"gle\, n.
   1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body;
      agony; distress.
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   2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to
      avert an evil. --Macaulay.
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   3. Contest; contention; strife.
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            An honest might look upon the struggle with
            indifference.                         --Addison.
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   Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Struggling.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to
   stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike,
   Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]
   1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with
      contortions of the body.
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   2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend
      forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle
      with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
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            The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,
            have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power
            to add or detract.                    --Lincoln.
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   3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in
      any kind of difficulty or distress.
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            'T is wisdom to beware,
            And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

struggle
    n 1: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through
         the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for
         recognition" [syn: struggle, battle]
    2: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
       "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--
       Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the
       pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict, struggle,
       battle]
    3: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd
       exhausted her"
    v 1: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for
         years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
         [syn: fight, struggle]
    2: to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled
       to get free from the rope"
    3: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
       scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
    4: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen
       fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant
       groups are contending for control of the country" [syn:
       contend, fight, struggle]