Makes great efforts to achieve or obtain something. Third person singular present tense of strive.
From Old French 'estriver' meaning 'to quarrel' or 'compete', possibly from a Germanic root meaning 'to fight'. The meaning evolved from conflict to earnest effort toward a goal.
Originally meaning 'to quarrel', this word beautifully transformed from describing conflict with others to describing an inner battle with oneself to achieve excellence. It's a linguistic evolution from external strife to internal drive.
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