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    [Verb]  | "strug*gle" | \ ˈstrə-gəl \


    1: to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition

    2: to proceed with difficulty or with great effort

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English struglen;

    [Noun]  | "struggle" 


    1: contest, strife

    2: a violent effort or exertion : an act of strongly motivated striving

    3: tussle

    Origin: 1560 ;

    [Noun]  | "power struggle" 


    1: a fight for control

    [Noun phrase]  | "struggle for existence" 


    1: the automatic competition of members of a natural population for limited vital resources (such as food, space, or light) that results in natural selection

    Origin: 1832 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "struggle on" 


    1: to continue doing something that is difficult or tiring

    [Verb]  | "struggle" 


    1: to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually;


      * e.g., " ... each week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better "



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    2: to devote serious and sustained effort;


      * e.g., " ... the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet "



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    [Noun]  | "struggle" 


    1: a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective;


      * e.g., " ... a performer's long struggle to achieve success "



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    2: a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups;


      * e.g., " ... there was a struggle between the armed robber and the shopkeeper, and the gun went off "



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    3: an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another;


      * e.g., " ... her staunchest supporters in her struggle for the office "



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     [ "struggle" ]

    1: my life

      * e.g.,  ... my life is such a struggle 

     [ "struggle" ]

    1: a profound state of buffoonery or oafishness characterized by pitiful performance or inability to complete menial tasks; When referring to an object, it indicates a laughable or rough appearance.

      * e.g.,  ... "Wow. Look at that guy. He looks like a dumptruck ran over his face. He struggles hard." 

     [ "struggle" ]

    1: getting definitions pulished. see HArd

      * e.g.,  ... its a struggle 

     [ "struggles" ]

    1: Obvious complications, problems, troubles, or difficulty for a person, place or thing

      * e.g.,  ... Lindsay Lohan had constant struggles with her teeth until she hit up the dentist. 

     [ "the struggle" ]

    1: "The Struggle" refers to the difficulty and danger that is faced, every day, by those of lower socio-economic class living in areas such as housing projects and ghettos. It is a term often used to in Hip-Hop music, particularly Gangsta Rap, as a means of enlightening the listener to the difficulty of day to day life for many African-Americans living in such localities.

      * e.g.,  ... Pour a forty on the kerb, G. For the homies who died in "the struggle". 

     [ "on the struggle" ]

    1: when you're having a difficult time.

      * e.g.,  ... it's appropiate in a variety of context, like, when you're having a bad day,when you're running late for work, when you're broke, when you've just been punched in the face. you're on the struggle. 

     [ "the struggle" ]

    1: Anybody on the grind. Anybody who is going through physical and emotional struggles on a daily basis. In the ghetto, these may include poverty, drugs, crime. Elsewhere, this may include family breakup, constant relocating, and drugs.

      * e.g.,  ... ghetto struggle: Damn man we livin the struggle here in da projects 

     [ "struggling" ]

    1: Extremely ugly, haggard, broke down, and tore up.

      * e.g.,  ... (10-year reunion) 

     [ "The Struggle" ]

    1: A general response to anything bad that happens to someone. Comparable to "That sucks."

      * e.g.,  ... Herald: Dude, I had to borrow money from my girlfriend cause I forgot my wallet. It was so embarassing! 

     [ "struggling" ]

    1: In the context of sports, when a team or player is offering an uncharacteristically poor performance over an extended period of time.

      * e.g.,  ... -Wow, our team has been playing decent all season, but they've lost their last five games! 

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