They strive constantly to improve customer relations.
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Strive
//ˈstɹaɪv//
Synonyms for "strive" (111 found)
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1 entriesderived
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13 entriesTranslations
179 translations across 56 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγωνίζομαι verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- ἐρίζω verb (to struggle in opposition)
Arabic
4 entries- اِجْتَهَدَ verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- جَاهَدَ verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- جَاهَدَ verb (to struggle in opposition)
- جَدَّ verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Belarusian
4 entries- дбаць verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- намага́цца verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- пра́гнуць verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- рва́цца verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Bulgarian
3 entries- боря се verb (to struggle in opposition)
- старая се verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- стремя́ се verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Catalan
4 entries- afanyar-se verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- bregar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- esforçar-se verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- júnyer verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تێکۆشان verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 力圖 /力图 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 努力 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 奮鬥 /奋斗 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 掙 /挣 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Czech
3 entries- snažit se verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- usilovat verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- čelit verb (to struggle in opposition)
Danish
3 entries- arbejde med stor anstrengelse verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- hige efter verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- stræbe efter verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Dutch
1 entries- streven verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Egyptian
3 entries- G20-M8-G1-Q3:Z7-Z9-A24 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- U28-A-n:Z4-n:Z4-Z9:D40 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- p:Z7-G39-Z1-G39-Z1-Z9:D40 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Esperanto
1 entries- strebi verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Finnish
4 entries- kamppailla verb (to struggle in opposition)
- ponnistella verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- pyrkiä verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- raataa verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
French
3 entries- combattre verb (to struggle in opposition)
- s'appliquer verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- s'efforcer verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Georgian
4 entries- ბრძოლა verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- მცდელობა verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- სწრაფვა verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- ცდა verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
German
4 entries- ringen mit verb (to struggle in opposition)
- ringen um verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- sich anstrengen verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- sich bemühen verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to struggle in opposition)
- 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Hindi
2 entries- उद्यम करना verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- प्रयास करना verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Icelandic
1 entries- leggja sig fram (leggja sig fram) verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Ido
3 entries- esforcar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- luctar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- penar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Indonesian
3 entries- berjuang verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- bersusah payah verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- memperjuangkan verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Irish
2 entries- bí ag coimhlint verb (to struggle in opposition)
- bí ag dréim verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Italian
4 entries- adoperarsi verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- ambire verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- arrabattarsi verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- battersi verb (to struggle in opposition)
Japanese
4 entries- 努める verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 努力する verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 奮闘する verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 闘う verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Kazakh
1 entries- тырысу verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- āngtsō verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Korean
2 entries- 노력하다 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- 애쓰다 verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Latin
3 entries- appeto verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- mōlior verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- nītor verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Lü
1 entries- ᦀᦸᧅᧈᦶᦣᧂ verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Macedonian
1 entries- се стреми verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Mongolian
2 entries- зүтгэх verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- ᠵᠢᠳᠬᠦᠬᠦ verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Māori
4 entries- nanaiore verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- ngaki verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- oke verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- oke verb (to struggle in opposition)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uwana na verb (to struggle in opposition)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- streve verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Occitan
3 entries- luchar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- s'esforçar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- s'esperforçar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Old English
1 entries- flītan verb (to struggle in opposition)
Old Irish
1 entries- ad·cosnai verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Persian
2 entries- تلاش کردن verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- کوشش کردن verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Polish
4 entries- dążyć verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- pragnąć verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- przykładać się verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- starać się verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Portuguese
3 entries- aplicar-se verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- batalhar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- esforçar-se verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Russian
4 entries- боро́ться verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- бороться verb (to struggle in opposition)
- закатать рукава verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- прилага́ть уси́лия verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लषति verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- téžiti verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- те́жити verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Shan
1 entries- ၶတ်းၸႂ် verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Slovak
4 entries- bojovať verb (to struggle in opposition)
- snažiť sa verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- usilovať sa verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- čeliť verb (to struggle in opposition)
Slovene
2 entries- prizadevati si verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- stremeti verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Spanish
4 entries- afanar verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- afanarse verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- aplicarse verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- azacanarse verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Swedish
4 entries- anstränga (sig) verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- ge 110% verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- ge järnet verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- sträva verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Tajik
1 entries- кӯшиш кардан verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Tamil
1 entries- முயல் verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Telugu
2 entries- కష్టించు verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- కృషి చేయు verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Thai
3 entries- บากบั่น verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- พยายาม verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- เพียร verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Tocharian B
1 entries- lāl verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дба́ти verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- намага́тися verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- пра́гнути verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- рва́тися verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cố gắng verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Zhuang
2 entries- haenqrengz verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
- roengzrengz verb (to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
They had to strive against natural calamities for ages.
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Strive to simplify everything.
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In today's society, the media encourage young people to strive for success.
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