Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with strive in American Collocation
strive
verb
intransitive
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/straɪv/
all the time
always
consistently
constantly
continually
continuously
We are continually striving towards improvement in our service.
with great effort
desperately
earnestly
hard
manfully
tirelessly
valiantly
She strives tirelessly for excellence and her activities always lead to improvements in patient care.
with no useful result
in vain
vainly
He strove vainly to have his enemies expelled from the party.