strives

2 definitions • 3 examples

to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties:

[ + to infinitive ] Mr Roe has kindled expectations that he must now strive to live up to.

In her writing she strove for a balance between innovation and familiar prose forms.

to try hard to do something or make something happen, esp. for a long time or against difficulties:

[ + to infinitive ] Neither Jefferson nor Madison was a pacifist, though both strove to keep America at peace.