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• strive — [ straıv ] (past tense strove [ strouv ] ; past participle striv|en [ strıvn ] ) verb intransitive * to make a lot of effort to achieve something: strive to do something: We strive to be accurate, but some mistakes are inevitable. strive for:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• strive */ — UK [straɪv] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms strive : present tense I/you/we/they strive he/she/it strives present participle striving past tense strove UK [strəʊv] / US [stroʊv] past participle striven UK [ˈstrɪv(ə)n] / US to make a lot of… …   English dictionary

• strive — [[t]stra͟ɪv[/t]] strives, striving VERB (The past tense is either strove or strived, and the past participle is either striven or strived.) If you strive to do something or strive for something, you make a great effort to do it or get it. [V to… …   English dictionary

• strive — [straıv] v past tense strove [strəuv US strouv] past participle striven [ˈstrıvən] [i]formal [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: estriver] to make a great effort to achieve something strive to do sth ▪ I was still striving to be successful.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• strive — verb past tense strove, past participle striven noun (I) formal to make a great effort to achieve something (+ for/after): We must continue to strive for greater efficiency. | strive to do sth: The film studio is striving to improve its public… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• strive — [straɪv] (past tense strove [strəʊv] ; past participle striven [ˈstrɪv(ə)n] ) verb [I] to make a lot of effort to achieve something We are striving for perfection in our products.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Twenty-Something Theatre — is an independent theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, led by Artistic Director Sabrina Evertt. The company’s mandate is as follows: “We are committed to providing Vancouver’s next generation of theatre artists with… …   Wikipedia

• To pass something on some one — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To pass something upon some one — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ideal — idealness, n. /uy dee euhl, uy deel /, n. 1. a conception of something in its perfection. 2. a standard of perfection or excellence. 3. a person or thing conceived as embodying such a conception or conforming to such a standard, and taken as a… …   Universalium

• sécan — 1 [see·chan] irreg wv/t1b 3rd pres sécþ past sóhte ptp gesóht to seek; 1. (1) to try to find, to look for, make search for; (2) to try to get (the source from which a thing is sought marked by tó); ic mannes feorh tó slagan séce I will require… …   Old to modern English dictionary