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Meaning struggle meaning
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Synonyms struggle synonyms
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Topics struggle topics
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Conjugation struggle conjugation
How do you conjugate struggle?
struggle · verb
Present I struggle
Positive I struggle
Singular
1st person I struggle
2nd person you struggle
3rd person he/she/it struggles
Plural
1st person we struggle
2nd person you struggle
3rd person they struggle
Negative I don't struggle
Singular
1st person I don't struggle I do not struggle
2nd person you don't struggle you do not struggle
3rd person he/she/it doesn't struggle he/she/it does not struggle
Plural
1st person we don't struggle we do not struggle
2nd person you don't struggle you do not struggle
3rd person they don't struggle they do not struggle
Question do I struggle?
Singular
1st person do I struggle?
2nd person do you struggle?
3rd person does he/she/it struggle?
Plural
1st person do we struggle?
2nd person do you struggle?
3rd person do they struggle?
Negative question don't I struggle?
Singular
1st person don't I struggle? do I not struggle?
2nd person don't you struggle? do you not struggle?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it struggle? does he/she/it not struggle?
Plural
1st person don't we struggle? do we not struggle?
2nd person don't you struggle? do you not struggle?
3rd person don't they struggle? do they not struggle?
Past I struggled
Positive I struggled
Singular
1st person I struggled
2nd person you struggled
3rd person he/she/it struggled
Plural
1st person we struggled
2nd person you struggled
3rd person they struggled
Negative I didn't struggle
Singular
1st person I didn't struggle I did not struggle
2nd person you didn't struggle you did not struggle
3rd person he/she/it didn't struggle he/she/it did not struggle
Plural
1st person we didn't struggle we did not struggle
2nd person you didn't struggle you did not struggle
3rd person they didn't struggle they did not struggle
Question did I struggle?
Singular
1st person did I struggle?
2nd person did you struggle?
3rd person did he/she/it struggle?
Plural
1st person did we struggle?
2nd person did you struggle?
3rd person did they struggle?
Negative question didn't I struggle?
Singular
1st person didn't I struggle? did I not struggle?
2nd person didn't you struggle? did you not struggle?
3rd person didn't he/she/it struggle? did he/she/it not struggle?
Plural
1st person didn't we struggle? did we not struggle?
2nd person didn't you struggle? did you not struggle?
3rd person didn't they struggle? did they not struggle?
Future I'll struggle
Positive I'll struggle
Singular
1st person I'll struggle I will struggle
2nd person you'll struggle you will struggle
3rd person he/she/it'll struggle he/she/it will struggle
Plural
1st person we'll struggle we will struggle
2nd person you'll struggle you will struggle
3rd person they'll struggle they will struggle
Negative I won't struggle
Singular
1st person I won't struggle I will not struggle
2nd person you won't struggle you will not struggle
3rd person he/she/it won't struggle he/she/it will not struggle
Plural
1st person we won't struggle we will not struggle
2nd person you won't struggle you will not struggle
3rd person they won't struggle they will not struggle
Question will I struggle?
Singular
1st person will I struggle?
2nd person will you struggle?
3rd person will he/she/it struggle?
Plural
1st person will we struggle?
2nd person will you struggle?
3rd person will they struggle?
Negative question won't I struggle?
Singular
1st person won't I struggle? will I not struggle?
2nd person won't you struggle? will you not struggle?
3rd person won't he/she/it struggle? will he/she/it not struggle?
Plural
1st person won't we struggle? will we not struggle?
2nd person won't you struggle? will you not struggle?
3rd person won't they struggle? will they not struggle?
Conditional I'd struggle
Positive I'd struggle
Singular
1st person I'd struggle I would struggle
2nd person you'd struggle you would struggle
3rd person he/she/it'd struggle he/she/it would struggle
Plural
1st person we'd struggle we would struggle
2nd person you'd struggle you would struggle
3rd person they'd struggle they would struggle
Negative I wouldn't struggle
Singular
1st person I wouldn't struggle I would not struggle
2nd person you wouldn't struggle you would not struggle
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't struggle he/she/it would not struggle
Plural
1st person we wouldn't struggle we would not struggle
2nd person you wouldn't struggle you would not struggle
3rd person they wouldn't struggle they would not struggle
Question would I struggle?
Singular
1st person would I struggle?
2nd person would you struggle?
3rd person would he/she/it struggle?
Plural
1st person would we struggle?
2nd person would you struggle?
3rd person would they struggle?
Negative question wouldn't I struggle?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I struggle? would I not struggle?
2nd person wouldn't you struggle? would you not struggle?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it struggle? would he/she/it not struggle?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we struggle? would we not struggle?
2nd person wouldn't you struggle? would you not struggle?
3rd person wouldn't they struggle? would they not struggle?
Present continuous I'm struggling
Positive I'm struggling
Singular
1st person I'm struggling I am struggling
2nd person you're struggling you are struggling
3rd person he/she/it's struggling he/she/it is struggling
Plural
1st person we're struggling we are struggling
2nd person you're struggling you are struggling
3rd person they're struggling they are struggling
Negative I'm not struggling
Singular
1st person I'm not struggling I am not struggling
2nd person you aren't struggling you're not struggling you are not struggling
3rd person he/she/it isn't struggling he/she/it's not struggling he/she/it is not struggling
Plural
1st person we aren't struggling we're not struggling we are not struggling
2nd person you aren't struggling you're not struggling you are not struggling
3rd person they aren't struggling they're not struggling they are not struggling
Question am I struggling?
Singular
1st person am I struggling?
2nd person are you struggling?
3rd person is he/she/it struggling?
Plural
1st person are we struggling?
2nd person are you struggling?
3rd person are they struggling?
Negative question aren't I struggling?
Singular
1st person aren't I struggling? am I not struggling?
2nd person aren't you struggling? are you not struggling?
3rd person isn't he/she/it struggling? is he/she/it not struggling?
Plural
1st person aren't we struggling? are we not struggling?
2nd person aren't you struggling? are you not struggling?
3rd person aren't they struggling? are they not struggling?
Past continuous I was struggling
Positive I was struggling
Singular
1st person I was struggling
2nd person you were struggling
3rd person he/she/it was struggling
Plural
1st person we were struggling
2nd person you were struggling
3rd person they were struggling
Negative I wasn't struggling
Singular
1st person I wasn't struggling I was not struggling
2nd person you weren't struggling you were not struggling
3rd person he/she/it wasn't struggling he/she/it was not struggling
Plural
1st person we weren't struggling we were not struggling
2nd person you weren't struggling you were not struggling
3rd person they weren't struggling they were not struggling
Question was I struggling?
Singular
1st person was I struggling?
2nd person were you struggling?
3rd person was he/she/it struggling?
Plural
1st person were we struggling?
2nd person were you struggling?
3rd person were they struggling?
Negative question wasn't I struggling?
Singular
1st person wasn't I struggling? was I not struggling?
2nd person weren't you struggling? were you not struggling?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it struggling? was he/she/it not struggling?
Plural
1st person weren't we struggling? were we not struggling?
2nd person weren't you struggling? were you not struggling?
3rd person weren't they struggling? were they not struggling?
Future continuous I'll be struggling
Positive I'll be struggling
Singular
1st person I'll be struggling I will be struggling
2nd person you'll be struggling you will be struggling
3rd person he/she/it'll be struggling he/she/it will be struggling
Plural
1st person we'll be struggling we will be struggling
2nd person you'll be struggling you will be struggling
3rd person they'll be struggling they will be struggling
Negative I won't be struggling
Singular
1st person I won't be struggling I will not be struggling
2nd person you won't be struggling you will not be struggling
3rd person he/she/it won't be struggling he/she/it will not be struggling
Plural
1st person we won't be struggling we will not be struggling
2nd person you won't be struggling you will not be struggling
3rd person they won't be struggling they will not be struggling
Question will I be struggling?
Singular
1st person will I be struggling?
2nd person will you be struggling?
3rd person will he/she/it be struggling?
Plural
1st person will we be struggling?
2nd person will you be struggling?
3rd person will they be struggling?
Negative question won't I be struggling?
Singular
1st person won't I be struggling? will I not be struggling?
2nd person won't you be struggling? will you not be struggling?
3rd person won't he/she/it be struggling? will he/she/it not be struggling?
Plural
1st person won't we be struggling? will we not be struggling?
2nd person won't you be struggling? will you not be struggling?
3rd person won't they be struggling? will they not be struggling?
Conditional continuous I'd be struggling
Positive I'd be struggling
Singular
1st person I'd be struggling I would be struggling
2nd person you'd be struggling you would be struggling
3rd person he/she/it'd be struggling he/she/it would be struggling
Plural
1st person we'd be struggling we would be struggling
2nd person you'd be struggling you would be struggling
3rd person they'd be struggling they would be struggling
Negative I wouldn't be struggling
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be struggling I would not be struggling
2nd person you wouldn't be struggling you would not be struggling
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be struggling he/she/it would not be struggling
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be struggling we would not be struggling
2nd person you wouldn't be struggling you would not be struggling
3rd person they wouldn't be struggling they would not be struggling
Question would I be struggling?
Singular
1st person would I be struggling?
2nd person would you be struggling?
3rd person would he/she/it be struggling?
Plural
1st person would we be struggling?
2nd person would you be struggling?
3rd person would they be struggling?
Negative question wouldn't I be struggling?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be struggling? would I not be struggling?
2nd person wouldn't you be struggling? would you not be struggling?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be struggling? would he/she/it not be struggling?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be struggling? would we not be struggling?
2nd person wouldn't you be struggling? would you not be struggling?
3rd person wouldn't they be struggling? would they not be struggling?
Present perfect I've struggled
Positive I've struggled
Singular
1st person I've struggled I have struggled
2nd person you've struggled you have struggled
3rd person he/she/it's struggled he/she/it has struggled
Plural
1st person we've struggled we have struggled
2nd person you've struggled you have struggled
3rd person they've struggled they have struggled
Negative I haven't struggled
Singular
1st person I haven't struggled I have not struggled
2nd person you haven't struggled you have not struggled
3rd person he/she/it hasn't struggled he/she/it has not struggled
Plural
1st person we haven't struggled we have not struggled
2nd person you haven't struggled you have not struggled
3rd person they haven't struggled they have not struggled
Question have I struggled?
Singular
1st person have I struggled?
2nd person have you struggled?
3rd person has he/she/it struggled?
Plural
1st person have we struggled?
2nd person have you struggled?
3rd person have they struggled?
Negative question haven't I struggled?
Singular
1st person haven't I struggled? have I not struggled?
2nd person haven't you struggled? have you not struggled?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it struggled? has he/she/it not struggled?
Plural
1st person haven't we struggled? have we not struggled?
2nd person haven't you struggled? have you not struggled?
3rd person haven't they struggled? have they not struggled?
Past perfect I had struggled
Positive I had struggled
Singular
1st person I had struggled
2nd person you had struggled
3rd person he/she/it had struggled
Plural
1st person we had struggled
2nd person you had struggled
3rd person they had struggled
Negative I hadn't struggled
Singular
1st person I hadn't struggled I had not struggled
2nd person you hadn't struggled you had not struggled
3rd person he/she/it hadn't struggled he/she/it had not struggled
Plural
1st person we hadn't struggled we had not struggled
2nd person you hadn't struggled you had not struggled
3rd person they hadn't struggled they had not struggled
Question had I struggled?
Singular
1st person had I struggled?
2nd person had you struggled?
3rd person had he/she/it struggled?
Plural
1st person had we struggled?
2nd person had you struggled?
3rd person had they struggled?
Negative question hadn't I struggled?
Singular
1st person hadn't I struggled? had I not struggled?
2nd person hadn't you struggled? had you not struggled?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it struggled? had he/she/it not struggled?
Plural
1st person hadn't we struggled? had we not struggled?
2nd person hadn't you struggled? had you not struggled?
3rd person hadn't they struggled? had they not struggled?
Future perfect I'll have struggled
Positive I'll have struggled
Singular
1st person I'll have struggled I will have struggled
2nd person you'll have struggled you will have struggled
3rd person he/she/it'll have struggled he/she/it will have struggled
Plural
1st person we'll have struggled we will have struggled
2nd person you'll have struggled you will have struggled
3rd person they'll have struggled they will have struggled
Negative I won't have struggled
Singular
1st person I won't have struggled I will not have struggled
2nd person you won't have struggled you will not have struggled
3rd person he/she/it won't have struggled he/she/it will not have struggled
Plural
1st person we won't have struggled we will not have struggled
2nd person you won't have struggled you will not have struggled
3rd person they won't have struggled they will not have struggled
Question +'ll I have struggled?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have struggled? will I have struggled?
2nd person +'ll you have struggled? will you have struggled?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have struggled? will he/she/it have struggled?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have struggled? will we have struggled?
2nd person +'ll you have struggled? will you have struggled?
3rd person +'ll they have struggled? will they have struggled?
Negative question won't I have struggled?
Singular
1st person won't I have struggled? will I not have struggled?
2nd person won't you have struggled? will you not have struggled?
3rd person won't he/she/it have struggled? will he/she/it not have struggled?
Plural
1st person won't we have struggled? will we not have struggled?
2nd person won't you have struggled? will you not have struggled?
3rd person won't they have struggled? will they not have struggled?
Conditional perfect I'd have struggled
Positive I'd have struggled
Singular
1st person I'd have struggled I would have struggled
2nd person you'd have struggled you would have struggled
3rd person he/she/it'd have struggled he/she/it would have struggled
Plural
1st person we'd have struggled we would have struggled
2nd person you'd have struggled you would have struggled
3rd person they'd have struggled they would have struggled
Negative I wouldn't have struggled
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have struggled I would not have struggled
2nd person you wouldn't have struggled you would not have struggled
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have struggled he/she/it would not have struggled
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have struggled we would not have struggled
2nd person you wouldn't have struggled you would not have struggled
3rd person they wouldn't have struggled they would not have struggled
Question would I have struggled?
Singular
1st person would I have struggled?
2nd person would you have struggled?
3rd person would he/she/it have struggled?
Plural
1st person would we have struggled?
2nd person would you have struggled?
3rd person would they have struggled?
Negative question wouldn't I have struggled?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have struggled? would I not have struggled?
2nd person wouldn't you have struggled? would you not have struggled?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have struggled? would he/she/it not have struggled?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have struggled? would we not have struggled?
2nd person wouldn't you have struggled? would you not have struggled?
3rd person wouldn't they have struggled? would they not have struggled?
Imperative struggle!
Positive
you struggle!
we let's struggle!
Negative
you don't struggle!
we let's not struggle!
Examples struggle examples
How do I use struggle in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Class struggle is good, actually.
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
Even today, however, women struggle against discrimination.
The story of his brave struggle affected us deeply.
Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.
It is better to struggle and suffer than to have everything and be bored.
Sociability is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle.
Working in the garden is a struggle nature is eventually going to win.
Why do I always need to struggle with such problems?
Tom doesn't struggle like this.
Learning vocabulary is a neverending struggle.
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
Many students struggle with math and science.
We have not come this far without a struggle and I assure you we cannot go further without a struggle.
Sometimes I struggle to speak English.
Many working mothers struggle to balance their home and work lives.
Don't struggle.
Tom didn't struggle.
To live is to struggle.
It is terrible that we have to struggle with our own government in order to save the environment.
Most people struggle with using the subjunctive mood.
Nothing is achieved without struggle.
Movie subtitles
We think someone shoved a whistle down his throat after a struggle.
You know, seeing my grandfather struggle to walk, it made me want to help him.
We began to struggle, I. pushed her, but I didn't think she would fall and die.
The eternal struggle for survival.
These two carry out an eternal struggle in the nature of man. yet they are chained together.
It was the great calamity of our people that drove us to the struggle. brought us together. and left us greater.
The great personal and spiritual meeting. of the old fighters and comrades in struggle.
We had to remain in the minority, because we mobilized. the most valuable elements of struggle and sacrifice in the Nation. which have always been not in the majority, but rather in the minority.
Big struggle before he died. Me, better.
Our old struggle with the hill men has come to its climax.
It will be a long and complicated struggle. but we have the unity of a common order and a common knowledge.
No, I think I can struggle along without any help from you.
But we like to believe it is the absence of struggle in the way we live.
We're not letting any wench snag you without a struggle.
In the Five-Year Plan's third year of struggle, the Donbass' miners must bear in mind that their socialist country's primary industries depend on their efforts.
That huge monster attacked me and after a fierce struggle he hurled me to the ground and stamped on me.
So I did. Are you sure you didn't get it in a life and death struggle with you victim?
I'm sure you'll be too exhausted from your terrific struggle.
Probably in the struggle. Pick up the glass.
You struggle for money!
It would do your heart good to see me struggle, Rheba.
Seems to have been quite a struggle.
Remember, you said it was funny that I didn't hear any sounds of a struggle?
I didn't hear anything because there was no struggle.
ICC is a struggle of political power.
The sensational murder came before the court. and the struggle for Mark's life took many turns.
And when the goal is in sight, after 11 years of struggle, you're willing to quit.
Nonsense, Jeeves. Are we rabbits or Englishmen? We can't give ourselves up to those thieves without a struggle.
And it is good you've inhaled a little of the spirit of the West, for it has become necessary that our aged Nippon can persist in the struggle for the space of the earth.
Musically and dramatically, we have here a picture of the struggle between the profane and the sacred.
Williams put up a struggle, but the police overpowered him.
You've had to struggle and endure privation, but that's all over now.
News and current affairs
Since he first appeared at the side of Dr. Chaim Weizmann in the late 1940's during the struggle for Jewish statehood and sovereignty, few people could articulate the Zionist and later the Israeli case with comparable eloquence and conviction.
Adaptive systems struggle with order and creativity as they evolve.
This is especially ironic because African countries like Ethiopia stand steadfastly and bravely with the US in the fight for freedom and against terrorism, even as they struggle with hunger, disease, and famine.
The battle lines in this struggle suggest that there is little accord among political elites for any spending, let alone for a long war with far-flung commitments.
The US invasion and occupation of Iraq, for example, created a major opening for Al Qaeda, whose affiliates now represent the Sunni struggle against the Shia-dominated government.
Not surprisingly, Chinese leadership was keen to avoid any reference to the last two centuries of struggle and humiliation, or to its problematic political agendas and thorny trade issues.
And, as President Barack Obama has said, the Libyan people must not be deprived of full ownership of their struggle for freedom, and Qaddafi must not be given a useful foil and scapegoat.
Then, with Palestinians gaining the upper hand, they can advance to a second stage in which all of Israel is conquered, implying armed struggle - which often takes the form of anti-civilian terrorism - for many more years.
Regardless of its effectiveness, the armed struggle waged by the PLO did empower the Palestinians and internalize a sense of collective dignity and self respect within them.
What is happening at the moment could be described as a power struggle over who should be responsible for a service that more and more people wish to be available but where no amount of professional expertise can fully safeguard the right decision.
Like the Roman Catholic Church in the years of Solidarity's struggle in the 1980s, the Serbian Orthodox Church is widely seen as a surrogate for our lost national identity.
One way to think about the six decades that have elapsed since the adoption of the Universal Declaration is as a struggle to implement its promises.
The arrests of numerous terrorist suspects last month by French and German authorities made clear that no one nation can do the critical work necessary to win the struggle against extremists.
Unions should return to the policy they adopted during the successful struggle against inflation in the 1990s.
Rather, the stubborn complexities of the situation are reduced to a stark struggle between absolute power and absolute powerlessness, the archetypal oppressor and archetypal oppressed.
Arafat's refusal to take sides ideologically helped create an illusion of Palestinian unity, with everyone dedicated to a single Palestinian struggle.
Thus, some type of power struggle, rather like what occurred in the Soviet Union following Stalin's death, may invariably follow a brief period of collective rule.
The struggle to do so has been mighty, but despite our travails--and our poverty--I believe that my country has the strength to contribute creatively to this endeavour.
In particular, the application of digital technology, introduced after a ferocious struggle with the powerful print unions, brought substantial cost savings and allowed a new era of journalism.
To the Spaniards, it helps to justify their abrupt withdrawal from Iraq in 2004; for the Turks, it is yet another vehicle in their struggle, as the vital bridge between Islam and the West, for admission into the European Union.
Even allowing for widespread electoral fraud (which would hardly endear him to Brussels), Yanukovych would still struggle to win a majority.
So the struggle between democratic and anti-democratic tendencies is becoming acute.
For example, PISA assessments have revealed that, while Japanese students excel at reproducing what they have learned, they often struggle when asked to extrapolate from that knowledge and apply it creatively.
Some continue to struggle economically, but none is abjectly poor - and some are booming.
But, in their struggle to survive, they must channel popular anti-Americanism.
In the 1980's, this approach focused attention on abuses in conflict-ridden Central America and in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which the Reagan Administration favored in its struggle with America's enemy, Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran.
At the same time, the regional struggle currently playing out in Syria is becoming increasingly entangled with the other major source of war sounds: Iran's nuclear program.
This persecution will admittedly aggravate their difficult struggle, but they will naturally survive it.
And now it is engaged in a fateful struggle to secure the very existence and viability of the European Union.