striving

/ˈstraɪvɪŋ/
adjective
  1. Making a strong, continuous effort; hardworking and ambitious.
    • Her striving nature helped her overcome many obstacles.
    • The striving students stayed after class to ask questions.
    • A striving entrepreneur never stops looking for new opportunities.
noun
  1. The act of making a great effort to achieve something.
    • She believes that striving is more important than winning.
    • The striving of the athletes was evident in their intense training.
    • His constant striving for perfection sometimes exhausts him.
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