strive meaning

• Verb: strive (strove,striven, also strived)  strIv
  1. Attempt by employing effort
     - endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn] 
  2. To exert much effort or energy
     - reach, strain

  Derived forms: striving, strives, strove, striven, strived

  See also: striving

  Type of: assay, attempt, drive, essay, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], push, seek, try, tug

  Encyclopedia: Strive

• strive for sth:    [American slang]to ...
• strive after sth:    [American slang]to ...
• strive against sth:    [American slang]to ...

Examples

1. must i strive toward colorlessness?
2. every nation strives after development.
3. the less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
4. do n't strive merely for quantity of production ...
5. the social scientist may be striving to find the truth.