struggle

/ˈstrʌɡ(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈstrʌɡ(ə)l/

struggle

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

strug - gle -> struggle

Myanmar meaning

(v) ရုန်းကန်လုပ်ရှား (n) ရုန်းကန်လုပ်ရှားခြင်း

Full entry

struggle /'strʌgl/ v

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၁။ ~ (for sth) ; ~ (to do sth)
ရုန်းကန် လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ အပြင်းအထန်ကြိုးပမ်း သည်။ အပတ်တကုတ် ကြိုးစားအားထုတ်သည်။ struggle for political recognition ❍ The firm is struggling for survival. ❍ We struggled to put up the tent in the howling gale. ❍ The team has been struggling (ie not playing well) all season.
၂။ ရုန်းကန်လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ The chick finally broke through the shell and struggled out. ❍ He struggled up the hill with his heavy shopping-bags.
၃။ ~ (against/with sth/sb) ရုန်းကန်သည်။ နပန်းလုံးသည်။ struggle against corruption within the party ❍ struggle with one's conscience.
၄။ ~ (with sb) (for sth) အလုအယက် ယှဉ်ပြိုင် အားထုတ်သည်။ အကျောက်အကန် ပြိုင်ဆိုင်သည်။ rival leaders struggling for power ❍ union leaders struggling with the management over levels of redundancy payments.
၅။ (က) ~ (against/with sb/sth) ရုန်းကန်သည်။ ရုန်းထွက်သည်။ He finally managed to struggle free. ❍ He struggled (against his captors) but couldn't escape. ❍ She struggled to get away from her attacker. (ခ) ~ (with sb) နပန်းလုံးသည်။ The shopkeeper struggled with the thief.
n ၁။ ရုန်းကန်လှုပ်ရှားခြင်း။ အကျောက်အကန် ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ခြင်း။ the struggle for the championship ❍ the struggle against tyranny ❍ the class struggle ❍ We will not surrender without a struggle.
၂။ ထိုးကြိတ်သတ်ပုတ်ခြင်း။ There was a struggle, and the policeman was stabbed in the arm.
၃။ (usu sing ) အပြင်းအတန် ကြိုးပမ်းရခြင်း။ It was a real struggle to finish on time.
❏ struggle along/on [PHRV ] အခက်အခဲကြားမှ ရုန်းကန် လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ We're struggling along on a tiny income.

More examples

He struggled a bit at first, but he reads well now.
[struggle to do something] : She was struggling to cope with the demands of her work.
[struggle with] : They’ve had to struggle with the painful process of modernization.
[struggle for] : Andy was coughing and struggling for breath.
She picked the child up, but he struggled and kicked.
[struggle for] : They struggled for possession of the gun.
[struggle to do something] : The sheep struggled to free itself.
[struggle with] : Foster was struggling with the door in the wind.
[struggle into/out of etc] : She struggled into her tight jacket.
[struggle free] : He struggled free and ran to his car to call for help.
[struggle to do something] : We have to struggle to win our freedom.
[struggle for] : Different factions in the movement are struggling for supremacy.
[struggle against] : Women struggling against oppression

Synonyms

move violently, thrash about, resist, fight back, fight, kick, assay, attempt, battle, bend over backwards, brawl, break one's back, break one's neck, brush, buck, bump heads, clash, combat, compete, conflict, contend, contest, cope, cross swords, dig, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, exertion, free-for-all, give it one's best shot, give the old college try, go all out, go up against, grapple, grind, hassle, have one's nose to grindstone, hustle, jam, jump, labor, lock horns, long haul, make every effort, melee, offer, pains, plug, plug away, put up a fight, romp, rough-house, roughhouse, row, scramble, scrap, scratch, scuffle, seek, set-to, shuffle, skirmish, slave, slug, smack, strain, strife, strive, striving, sweat, tackle, take a crack, take a stab, take on, tangle, thrash, toil, trial, try, try one's hardest, tussle, undertake, undertaking, work, work hard, work like a dog, wrangle, wrestle, wriggle, writhe

Antonyms

accord, agree, agreement, be lazy, calm, concur, entertainment, forget, fun, giving in, idle, idleness, ignore, laze, laziness, make peace, neglect, peace, procrastinate, rest, retreat, success, surrender, truce, withhold, yield