1 ~ (for sth) to try very hard to do sth when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems:
[V] a country struggling for independence * Shona struggled for breath. * life as a struggling artist (= one who is very poor) * [Vtoinf] They struggled just to pay their bills. * She struggled for 10 years to achieve success as an actress.
2 [V+adv./prep.] to move somewhere or do sth with difficulty:
I struggled up the hill with the heavy bags. * Paul struggled out of his wheelchair. * She had to struggle into the tight dress.
3 [V] ~ (against / with sb/sth) to fight against sb/sth in order to prevent a bad situation or result:
He struggled against cancer for two years. * Lisa struggled with her conscience before talking to the police.
4 [V] ~ (with sb) to fight sb or try to get away from them:
Ben and Jack struggled together on the grass. * I struggled and screamed for help. * James was hit in the mouth as he struggled with the raiders. * How did she manage to struggle free?
5 [V] ~ (with sb) (for sth) to compete or argue with sb, especially in order to get sth:
rival leaders struggling for power
PHRASALVERBS
struggle along / on to continue in spite of problems:
The business struggled along for some time. * Life is hard but we all have to struggle on.
Part of speech: noun
1 [C] ~ (with sb) (for / against sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for struggle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is struggle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, struggle is tagged as verb.
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