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1. An energetic attempt to achieve something
   "getting through the crowd was a real struggle";
   - battle
    
2. An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
   "the harder the struggle the more glorious the triumph";
   - conflict, battle
    
3. Strenuous effort
   "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

1. Make a strenuous or laboured effort
   "She struggled for years to survive without welfare";
   - fight
    
2. To exert strenuous effort against opposition
   "he struggled to get free from the rope"
    
3. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
   - clamber, scramble, shin, shinny [N. Amer], skin, sputter
    
4. Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
   "Militant groups are struggling for control of the country";
   - contend, fight

Derived forms: struggled, struggling, struggles

Type of: assay, attempt, climb, effort, elbow grease, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], essay, exertion, group action, seek, strive, sweat, travail, try

Encyclopedia: Struggle