strive after

strive after something

to try very hard to obtain something. I am always striving after perfection. Ted was striving after a promotion and finally got it.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zdeslav	-	Croatian
Johnna	JAHN-ə	English
Emma	EM-ə (English), EM-mah (Finnish), E-mah (German)	English, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, German, An
Gregers	-	Danish, Norwegian
Adamina	a-də-MEE-nə	English (Rare)
Hryhoriy	hri-HO-reey	Ukrainian