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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Striv·ing

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a. & n. from Strive. -- Striv·ing·ly, adv.

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striving

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noun

  1. The use of energy to do something: effort, endeavor, exertion, pain (used in plural), strain1, struggle, trouble, while. Informal elbow grease. See work/play.
  2. A vying with others for victory or supremacy: battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, strife, struggle, tug of war, war, warfare. See conflict/cooperation.

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