strive
https://gyazo.com/896f4a5de2b886e6ad88260b95d4d4e3
/icons/point.icon ATTEMPT, TRY, ENDEAVOR, ESSAY, STRIVE mean to make an effort to accomplish an end.
ATTEMPT stresses the initiation or beginning of an effort.
e.g. will attempt to photograph the rare bird
TRY is often close to ATTEMPT but may stress effort or experiment made in the hope of testing or proving something.
e.g. tried to determine which was the better procedure
ENDEAVOR heightens the implications of exertion and difficulty.
e.g. endeavored to find crash survivors in the mountains
ESSAY implies difficulty but also suggests tentative trying or experimenting.
e.g. will essay a dramatic role for the first time
STRIVE implies great exertion against great difficulty and specifically suggests persistent effort.
e.g. continues to strive for peace
verb (past strove |strōv| or strived; past participle striven |strivən| or strived) no object
make great efforts to achieve or obtain something:
｟かたく｠ 〈人などが〉 «…を目指して［求めて］/…しようと» 努力する, 励む, 懸命になる, 骨を折る «for, toward(s), after/to do»
e.g. national movements were striving for independence
e.g. with infinitive : we must strive to secure steady growth.
struggle or fight vigorously:
«…と» 闘う «against»
e.g. scholars must strive against bias.
DERIVATIVES
striver noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: shortening of Old French estriver; related to estrif ‘strife’.