Meaning

1 senses

  1. To strive excessively.

Origin

From over- + strive.

From over- + strive.

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Forms

overstrives, overstriving, overstrove, overstriven
Base formoverstrive · to overstrive
3rd person singularoverstrives
Present participleoverstriving
Past simpleoverstrove
Past participleoverstriven

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverstrive
he, she, itoverstrives

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverstrove

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overstriven
he, she, ithas overstriven

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overstrive

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overstayoverstepB2overtovertakeB2

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