B2verb · intransitive · common

struggle

strug·gle

struggle · struggles · struggled · struggling

боротися, битися, пручатися

бороться, сражаться, биться, драться

sich schwer tun, sich durchbeißen, struggeln

To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight, to contendTo strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

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/ˈstɹʌɡəl/

» I'm struggling to make ends meet.

Мені складно зводити кінці з кінцями.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.
sich durchbeißen, sich schwer tun, struggeln
боро́тьсяborótʹsja, сража́тьсяsražátʹsja, би́тьсяbítʹsja
боро́тисяborótysja, би́тисяbýtysja
(intransitive)To have difficulty with something.
One of the doctor’s patients struggled with depression.
(intransitive)To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp.
пруча́тисяpručátysja

More definitions

to exert strenuous effort against opposition
make a strenuous or labored effort
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Examples

791 sentences

I'm struggling to make ends meet.
Мені складно зводити кінці з кінцями.
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Tom didn't struggle.
Том не боровся.
ruТом не боролся.
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The company is struggling for survival.
ruКомпания борется за выживание.
deDie Firma kämpft ums Überleben.
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I've been struggling for years now.
ruЯ борюсь уже много лет.
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Tom is struggling with the concept.
deTom hat Schwierigkeiten mit dem Konzept.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight:

to make efforts with twisting or contortions of the body:

Русский

By meaning 1

to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight:

Origin

From Middle English struglen, stroglen, strogelen, of obscure origin; perhaps from a varia

From Middle English struglen, stroglen, strogelen, of obscure origin; perhaps from a variant of *strokelen, *stroukelen (> English stroll), from Middle Dutch struyckelen ("to stumble, trip, falter"; > Modern Dutch struikelen), the frequentative form of Old Dutch *strūkon (“to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *strūkōną, *strūkēną (“to be stiff”), from Proto-Indo-European *strug-, *ster- (“to be stiff; to bristle, strut, stumble, fall”),

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