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Struggle is defined as to do something with difficulty.

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An example of struggle is carrying a heavy load uphill for a long distance.

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See struggle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb struggled, struggling

to contend or fight violently with an opponent
to make great efforts or attempts; strive; labor
to make one's way with difficulty: to struggle through a thicket

Origin: ME strogelen < ?

transitive verb

to bring, put, do, etc. by struggling
to make (one's way) with difficulty

noun

great effort or a series of efforts; violent exertion
conflict; strife; contention

Related Forms:

struggler noun

See struggle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb strug·gled, strug·gling, strug·gles

verb, intransitive

To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load.
To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled with his math homework.
To make a strenuous effort; strive: struggled to be polite.
To contend or compete: “Right and wrong … will ever continue to struggle” (Abraham Lincoln).
To progress with difficulty: struggled through the novel.

verb, transitive

To move or place (something) with an effort: struggled the heavy desk into the elevator.

noun

The act of struggling.
Strenuous effort; striving.
Combat; strife: armed struggle.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English struglen

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Related Forms:

strugˈgler noun

strugˈgling·ly adverb

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