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Meaning of struggle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  struggle
      n 1: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through
           the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for
           recognition" [syn: {struggle}, {battle}]
      2: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
         "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--
         Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the
         pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: {conflict}, {struggle},
         {battle}]
      3: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd
         exhausted her"
      v 1: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for
           years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
           [syn: {fight}, {struggle}]
      2: to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled
         to get free from the rope"
      3: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {clamber},
         {scramble}, {shin}, {shinny}, {skin}, {struggle}, {sputter}]
      4: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen
         fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant
         groups are contending for control of the country" [syn:
         {contend}, {fight}, {struggle}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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