struggle, v.
(struggled, struggles, struggling)
freq. cnt. 25
(struggled, struggles, struggling)
freq. cnt. 25
make a strenuous or labored effort
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8
fight struggle
sample sentences
"She struggled for years to survive without welfare""He fought for breath"
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
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derivationally related form
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hyponym
hypernym
to exert strenuous effort against opposition
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
struggle
sample sentences
"he struggled to get free from the rope"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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hypernym
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3
clamber scramble shin shinny skin sputter struggle
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 114 freq. cnt.: 112 freq. cnt.: 2
contend fight struggle
sample sentences
"the tribesmen fought each other""Siblings are always fighting"
"Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s
Sam cannot %s Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form