nastreven — meaning in English
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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
- noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
- verb To try hard to do something.
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