struggle
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /ˈstrʌɡl/US /ˈstrʌɡl/
Meaning
noun
a hard fight in which people try to obtain or achieve something, especially something that somebody else does not want them to have
“Marx wrote about the class struggle.”
verb
to try very hard to do something when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems
“life as a struggling artist (= one who is very poor)”
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