struggles

Meanings

• Noun

  A difficult and often continuous effort to achieve something or to deal with a problem or situation.

  - "He faced many struggles to become successful."
  - "The team went through numerous struggles before winning the championship."

• Verb

  To contend with great effort; to make an effort to overcome or cope with.

  - "I will struggle to finish the project on time."
  - "He struggled to keep his emotions in check."

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with struggles
rumble , grumble , tumble , stumble

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Variants

List of all variants of struggles that leads to same result
struggle , struggled , struggler , strugglers , struggles , struggling , struggle on , struggled on , struggles on , struggling on

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Forms

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struggles (noun), struggles (verb), struggled, struggling

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to wrestle'. Derived from the Old English word 'strīogan', which meant 'to strive, contend, or wrestle'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'struggles' appears in the title of the 1951 novel 'Strange Fruit' by Lillian Smith, which dealt with the issue of racial violence in the United States.

2. The phrase 'it's a struggle' is often used to describe a difficult or challenging situation.

3. In the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement in the United States was referred to as the 'Struggle for Civil Rights'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Adversity: A state or instance of hardship or misfortune.

2. Hardship: A state of severe poverty or distress.

3. Trials and Tribulations: Difficult or painful experiences that one goes through in life.

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Culture

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Struggles have been a common theme in literature and art, often used to depict the human condition and the challenges we face in life. For example, the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee explores the themes of struggles and injustice.

How to Memorize "struggles"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person lifting a heavy weight to represent the effort required to overcome struggles.
   - Imagine yourself in a difficult situation and imagine how you would cope with it.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'struggles' with the image of a person working hard to achieve a goal.
   - Think of the word 'struggles' as synonymous with the word 'challenges'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym S-T-R-U-G-G-L-E-S to remember the meaning of the word: Struggles = Tough times, Understanding, Bravery, Grit, Learning, Endurance, Strength.

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