Past tense of strive
irregular verb
The past tense of strive is strove. The past participle is striven.
Forms of strive
| Base form (V1) | strive /ˈstɹaɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | strove /ˈstɹɔʊv/ |
| Past participle (V3) | striven /ˈstɹɪvən/ |
| Present participle | striving /ˈstɹaɪvɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | strives |
Strove and striven in a sentence
- He strove to excel.
- Though the writer has striven to dwell on aspects that have passed, or are passing away, it will be apparent that many features of Midland practice have been adopted as standard for the L.M.S.R. and other railways.1946 May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 200
- The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws.From the entry mantle
- They strove to make their product unequivocally the best in the industry.From the entry unequivocally
- I strove to hear the bread-woman’s song or the clopping hooves, but I heard nothing.2017, Robin Hobb [pen name; Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden], Assassin’s Fate (book III of the The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy), Del Rey, →ISBN. From the entry breadmonger
Meaning of strive
- verb To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
- verb To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
- verb To vie; to compete as a rival.
Verbs like strive
Questions about the past tense of strive
- What is the past tense of strive?
- The past tense of strive is strove.
- What is the past participle of strive?
- The past participle of strive is striven.
- Is strive a regular or irregular verb?
- Strive is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strive (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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