strife

Significado (Inglês)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
  4. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A trouble of any kind.
  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Freqüência

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/stɹaɪf/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

From Middle English strif, stryf, striffe, from Old French estrif, noun derived from estriver, from Frankish *strīban; compare Dutch strijven. More at strive.

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