Thursday, September 24, 2015

STRUGGLE

WORD: STRUGGLE

MEANING:
1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load.
2.
a. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled for years before breaking through as an actor.
b. To have difficulty or make a strenuous effort doing something: struggled to be polite.
c. To move or progress with difficulty: struggled up the steep slope.
3. To contend or compete: "Right and wrong ... will ever continue to struggle" (Abraham Lincoln).
4. fight, brawl, effort

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Though the wind was blowing in the opposite direction the bowlers struggled to keep the length.
2. getting through the crowd was a real struggle

PRONOUNCE:
strug·gle - स्ट्रगल

LINK: STRUGGLE

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