noun / verb
struggle
STRUG-ul/ˈstrʌɡl/
A determined effort to overcome difficulty or opposition.
The man struggles to push the wheelbarrow's trapped wheel past the rock.
Etymology
Middle English strogelen meant to wrestle or grapple physically. This bodily contest broadened into strenuous effort against difficulties or opposition; the verb’s deeper origin remains obscure.
In context
a lot of people struggle to kind of understand that because there are different meanings given to the word. Um, so I define it technically. Jihad is the Islamic war tradition with rules of engagement.
More examples
- We struggle to pay the rent despite working full time.
- She struggled through the last mile but finished the race.
- Their struggle for fair pay finally brings a change.
Forms
struggle · struggles · struggled · struggling