struggle

Definition

Examples

Many small businesses struggle to compete with large international companies.

Word Family

Synonyms

• battlea hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
• grapplea tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
• striveattempt by employing effort

Collocations

• Easy struggle with homework
  to struggle with homework, meaning to make a strenuous or labored effort
• Medium struggle to meet quarterly production targets
  to struggle to meet quarterly production targets, meaning to make a strenuous or labored effort
• Hard struggle against fierce international antitrust probes
  to struggle against fierce international antitrust probes, meaning to make a strenuous or labored effort
• Very Hard power struggle culminating in a boardroom coup
  to power struggle culminating in a boardroom coup, meaning to supply the force or power for the functioning of