struggle

struggle
1 verb (I)
1 to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult and you have a lot of problems: struggle to do sth: She's struggling to bring up a family on a very low income.
(+ for): a young artist struggling for recognition
2 to fight someone who is attacking you or holding you, especially so that you can escape
(+ with): Liz struggled fiercely with her attacker.
3 if two people struggle, they fight each other for something, especially something one of them is holding: They struggled briefly, then Ray grabbed the bag and ran.
4 to move somewhere with great difficulty
(+ towards/into etc): Kim struggled out of the wreckage, her head bleeding badly. struggle on phrasal verb (I) to continue doing something that you find difficult, tiring etc: We've lost two of our best players, but we're struggling on. 2 noun (C)
1 a long hard fight to get freedom, political rights etc: the nation's struggle for independence | power struggle (=a fight to get power in a country or organization)
2 a fight between two people for something, especially something one of them is holding: After a short struggle I got the knife off him.
3 an attempt to fight or escape from someone who is attacking you or holding on to you: Police examined the body but found no signs of a struggle.
4 be a struggle if an activity, job etc is a struggle for someone, they find it very difficult to do
(+ for): Reading is a struggle for Tim.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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