strive to do

strive to do something

to try hard to do something. She strove very hard to do what she had set out to do. Please strive to do it as best you can.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Manami	mah-nah-mee	Japanese
Safi	-	Arabic
AbraÃO	-	Portuguese
Teodoro	te-o-DO-ro (Italian), te-o-DHO-ro (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Curt	KURT	English
Adorno	[ə'də:nəu]