nastreven — meaning in English

English meaning

• aspire verb To have a strong ambition or hope to achieve something.
• endeavor noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
• purchase verb To buy something by paying money for it.
• seek verb To try to find something.

Senses

nastreven is used for these senses in English:

• aspire (intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
• endeavor (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]
• purchase To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
• seek (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

endeavor — full definition

1. noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
2. verb To try hard to do something.

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