0 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.
1 to try hard to do something or make something happen, esp. for a long time or against difficulties:
We strive for perfection but sometimes have to accept something less.
We are constantly striving to improve our service.
The former leader now has to watch his successor unpicking much of what he strived so hard to achieve.
The editors have striven to give the floor to competing points of view without losing technical focus.
An individual is supposed to be influenced by these aspects of informal and formal care when striving toward an optimal formal-informal care mix.
She also had strived to retire on a sufficient pension.
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