Scientific research is not a mechanical routine, but a continuing struggle on the part of the scientist.
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Struggle
Synonyms for "struggle" (201 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
careencareercat-and-dog lifechallengeclamberclashclash of armsclosecockfightcollidecombatcome to blowscompetecompetitioncontentiousnesscontestationcontortionscontroversycut and thrustdebate
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determinationdevotedisputationdisputedistressdogfightdrudgeryduelembroilmentencounterenmityenterpriseessayexchange blowsexchange of blowsexertfalterfencefeudfight a duelfightingfire fightflouncefraygive and takegive satisfactiongrapplegrapple withground combatgrunt and sweathand-to-hand combathand-to-hand fighthasslehave troublehostilityhouse-to-house combat
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Related words (100)
huff and puffjostlejoustkilkenny catslaborlabor under difficultieslitigationlogomachylurchmake effortmatchmix it upnaval combatofferpainspaper warpassage of armspitchpitch and plungepitched battle
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plungepolemicquarrelquarrelingquarrelsomenessrasslereelresolutionresolveriotrivalrivalryrockrollrumblerun a tiltrunning fightscramblescrapescrappingscrimmagescuffleseekseetheshoving matchskirmishsparsquabblingsquirmstaggerstand-up fightstrainstreet fightstrivingstrugglingstudystumbleswaysweatsweat bloodswingtasktauromachythrash aboutthrust and parrytilttosstoss and tumbletoss and turntottertourneytravailtrialtug-of-wartumbletussletwistundertakeundertakingviewage warwalk on eggshellswallopwallowwarwar of wordswarfarewelterwigglewordsworkwormwranglingwrestlewriggle
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is a
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11 entriesTranslations
249 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- stryd noun (strife, effort)
Albanian
2 entries- luftë noun (strife, effort)
- përleshje noun (strife, effort)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπορέω verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Arabic
4 entries- جِهَاد noun (strife, effort)
- قِتَال noun (strife, effort)
- كِفَاح noun (strife, effort)
- مُبَارَزَة noun (strife, effort)
Armenian
2 entries- պայքար noun (strife, effort)
- պայքարել verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- mübarizə noun (strife, effort)
- döyüşmək verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- mübarizə aparmaq verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- mübarizə etmək verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Bashkir
1 entries- көрәш noun (strife, effort)
Basque
2 entries- borroka noun (strife, effort)
- borrokatu verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Belarusian
4 entries- барацьба́ noun (strife, effort)
- бой noun (strife, effort)
- бі́тва noun (strife, effort)
- змага́нне noun (strife, effort)
Bulgarian
4 entries- би́тка noun (strife, effort)
- бой noun (strife, effort)
- борба́ noun (strife, effort)
- би́я се verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Burmese
1 entries- တိုက်ပွဲ noun (strife, effort)
Catalan
2 entries- lluita noun (strife, effort)
- lluitar verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- خەبات noun (strife, effort)
- تێکۆشان verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- خەبات verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 奮鬥 /奋斗 noun (strife, effort)
- 掙扎 noun (strife, effort)
- 鬥爭 /斗争 noun (strife, effort)
- 奮鬥 /奋斗 verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Czech
4 entries- bitva noun (strife, effort)
- boj noun (strife, effort)
- zápas noun (strife, effort)
- zápasit verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Danish
2 entries- kamp noun (strife, effort)
- kæmpe verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Dutch
4 entries- gevecht noun (strife, effort)
- strijd noun (strife, effort)
- moeite hebben verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- vechten verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Esperanto
4 entries- barakto noun (contortion of the body)
- lukto noun (strife, effort)
- barakti verb (to make efforts with twisting or contortions of the body)
- lukti verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Estonian
1 entries- lahing noun (strife, effort)
Finnish
3 entries- taistelu noun (strife, effort)
- kamppailla verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- ponnistella verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
French
4 entries- lutte noun (strife, effort)
- combattre verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- lutter verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- s'efforcer verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Galician
4 entries- baralla noun (strife, effort)
- breiga noun (strife, effort)
- lea noun (strife, effort)
- liorta noun (strife, effort)
Georgian
1 entries- ჭიდილი noun (strife, effort)
German
4 entries- Gefecht noun (strife, effort)
- Kampf noun (strife, effort)
- Struggle noun (strife, effort)
- sich durchbeißen verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Greek
1 entries- αγώνας noun (strife, effort)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַאֲבָק noun (strife, effort)
Hindi
2 entries- लड़ाई noun (strife, effort)
- संघर्ष noun (strife, effort)
Hungarian
4 entries- erőfeszítés noun (strife, effort)
- harc noun (strife, effort)
- igyekezet noun (strife, effort)
- küszködés noun (strife, effort)
Icelandic
1 entries- barátta noun (strife, effort)
Indonesian
2 entries- ulet noun (strife, effort)
- kerja keras verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Irish
2 entries- sníomh noun (strife, effort)
- streachail verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Italian
2 entries- lotta noun (strife, effort)
- lottare verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Japanese
4 entries- 奮闘 noun (strife, effort)
- 戦い noun (strife, effort)
- 闘争 noun (strife, effort)
- 奮闘する verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Kazakh
1 entries- күрес noun (strife, effort)
Korean
4 entries- 고투 noun (strife, effort)
- 분투 noun (strife, effort)
- 싸움 noun (strife, effort)
- 투쟁 noun (strife, effort)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- күрөш noun (strife, effort)
Latin
3 entries- dīmicō verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- luctor verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- nītor verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Latvian
1 entries- cīņa noun (strife, effort)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kova noun (strife, effort)
Macedonian
4 entries- битка noun (strife, effort)
- борба noun (strife, effort)
- бој noun (strife, effort)
- се бори verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Malayalam
1 entries- പോരാട്ടം noun (strife, effort)
Maltese
4 entries- ssielet verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- tqabad verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- tqatel verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- ġġieled verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Mongolian
2 entries- тэмцэл noun (strife, effort)
- тэмцэх verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Māori
4 entries- hōkariri noun (strife, effort)
- nonoke noun (strife, effort)
- nonoketanga noun (strife, effort)
- takaoraora noun (strife, effort)
Norwegian
3 entries- kjempe verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- slite streve verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- slåss verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- dragkamp noun (strife, effort)
- kamp noun (strife, effort)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- dragkamp noun (strife, effort)
- kamp noun (strife, effort)
Old English
2 entries- flītan verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- winnan verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Persian
3 entries- مبارزه noun (strife, effort)
- پیکار noun (strife, effort)
- چخیدن verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Polish
4 entries- bitwa noun (strife, effort)
- bój noun (strife, effort)
- walka noun (strife, effort)
- bić się verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Portuguese
3 entries- luta noun (strife, effort)
- debater-se verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- lutar verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Romanian
3 entries- luptă noun (strife, effort)
- lupta verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- zbate verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Russian
4 entries- би́тва noun (strife, effort)
- бой noun (strife, effort)
- борьба́ noun (strife, effort)
- би́ться verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- iomairt noun (strife, effort)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bòrba noun (strife, effort)
- bȉtka noun (strife, effort)
- bȏj noun (strife, effort)
- би̏тка noun (strife, effort)
Sicilian
4 entries- cummàttiri verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- lavurari verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- luttari verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- travagghiari verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Slovak
4 entries- bitka noun (strife, effort)
- boj noun (strife, effort)
- zápas noun (strife, effort)
- biť sa verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Slovene
3 entries- boj noun (strife, effort)
- borba noun (strife, effort)
- boriti se verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Spanish
4 entries- brega noun (strife, effort)
- bregadura (desus.) noun (strife, effort)
- forcejeo noun (strife, effort)
- lucha noun (strife, effort)
Swedish
2 entries- kamp noun (strife, effort)
- kämpa verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Tajik
4 entries- мубориза noun (strife, effort)
- муҳориба noun (strife, effort)
- пайкор noun (strife, effort)
- талош noun (strife, effort)
Tamil
1 entries- போராட்டம் noun (strife, effort)
Tatar
1 entries- көрәш noun (strife, effort)
Telugu
1 entries- పోరాటం noun (strife, effort)
Thai
2 entries- การดิ้นรน noun (strife, effort)
- ดิ้นรน verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Tocharian B
1 entries- weta noun (strife, effort)
Turkish
4 entries- mücadele noun (strife, effort)
- vuruşma noun (strife, effort)
- mücadele etmek verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
- çırpınmak verb (to make efforts with twisting or contortions of the body)
Turkmen
1 entries- göreş noun (strife, effort)
Ukrainian
4 entries- би́тва noun (strife, effort)
- боротьба́ noun (strife, effort)
- бій noun (strife, effort)
- би́тися verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Uyghur
1 entries- كۈرەش noun (strife, effort)
Uzbek
2 entries- kurash noun (strife, effort)
- kurashmoq verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Vietnamese
2 entries- (cuộc) đấu tranh noun (strife, effort)
- đấu tranh verb (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאַמף noun (strife, effort)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
After an uphill struggle against great odds they finally got the company on its feet again.
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That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
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Even today, however, women struggle against discrimination.
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