striving
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Definition
- Noun:
- An effortful attempt to attain a goal: The act of making a strenuous or determined effort to achieve something.
Usage
- The word "striving" is used to describe a continuous, serious, and energetic effort towards a specific objective. It often implies a degree of difficulty or challenge that must be overcome.
Examples
- Noun:
- Her constant striving for perfection can be exhausting.
- The team's striving towards innovation led to a breakthrough.
- After years of striving, he finally achieved his dream.
Advanced Usage
- "In striving": while making an effort.
- In striving for excellence, we must not forget our core values.
- "Ceaseless/constant striving": continuous, never-ending effort.
- The artist's ceaseless striving for new forms of expression defined her career.
Variants and Related Words
- Strive (verb): to make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
- We must strive to do better.
- Striver (noun): a person who works hard, especially to achieve success.
- He was known as a relentless striver.
Synonyms
- Effort: a vigorous or determined attempt.
- Endeavor: an attempt to achieve a goal.
- Struggle: a forceful effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.
Antonyms
- Apathy: lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
- Complacency: a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.
Noun
- an effortful attempt to attain a goal