CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OUTSTRIVE
PRESENT
Present
I outstrive
you outstrive
he/she/it outstrives
we outstrive
you outstrive
they outstrive
Present continuous
I am outstriving
you are outstriving
he/she/it is outstriving
we are outstriving
you are outstriving
they are outstriving
Present perfect
I have outstrived
you have outstrived
he/she/it has outstrived
we have outstrived
you have outstrived
they have outstrived
Present perfect continuous
I have been outstriving
you have been outstriving
he/she/it has been outstriving
we have been outstriving
you have been outstriving
they have been outstriving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I outstrived
you outstrived
he/she/it outstrived
we outstrived
you outstrived
they outstrived
Past continuous
I was outstriving
you were outstriving
he/she/it was outstriving
we were outstriving
you were outstriving
they were outstriving
Past perfect
I had outstrived
you had outstrived
he/she/it had outstrived
we had outstrived
you had outstrived
they had outstrived
Past perfect continuous
I had been outstriving
you had been outstriving
he/she/it had been outstriving
we had been outstriving
you had been outstriving
they had been outstriving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will outstrive
you will outstrive
he/she/it will outstrive
we will outstrive
you will outstrive
they will outstrive
Future continuous
I will be outstriving
you will be outstriving
he/she/it will be outstriving
we will be outstriving
you will be outstriving
they will be outstriving
Future perfect
I will have outstrived
you will have outstrived
he/she/it will have outstrived
we will have outstrived
you will have outstrived
they will have outstrived
Future perfect continuous
I will have been outstriving
you will have been outstriving
he/she/it will have been outstriving
we will have been outstriving
you will have been outstriving
they will have been outstriving
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would outstrive
you would outstrive
he/she/it would outstrive
we would outstrive
you would outstrive
they would outstrive
Conditional continuous
I would be outstriving
you would be outstriving
he/she/it would be outstriving
we would be outstriving
you would be outstriving
they would be outstriving
Conditional perfect
I would have outstrive
you would have outstrive
he/she/it would have outstrive
we would have outstrive
you would have outstrive
they would have outstrive
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been outstriving
you would have been outstriving
he/she/it would have been outstriving
we would have been outstriving
you would have been outstriving
they would have been outstriving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you outstrive
we let´s outstrive
you outstrive
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
outstrived
Present Participle
outstriving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUTSTRIVE»
Discover the use of
outstrive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
outstrive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Otto Borchert. "To be always the first, and to outstrive the rest" is the picture old
Homer draws of the high-minded man. "A life of honour or a death crowned by
fame is the ambition of all noble men," sings Sophocles, echoing the same
thought.
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Lester the Loyalist: A Romance of the Founding of Canada
... if danger threatened to spring to the front, or if need were To outstrive all in the
snow, though anxious in every free moment To watch the beloved one and baffle
the cold with a hundred devices. Ere he had wrapped her to bear to the sleigh, ...
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, 1890
3
The keys of Saint Peter, or, The house of Rechab connected ...
... fidelity to all men, and especially to those in authority ; because no one obtains
the government without God's assistance — and that if he be in authority, he will
at no time whatever abuse his authority, nor endeavour to outstrive his subjects, ...
4
The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated
"Sweet Hesper—Phosphor" was faithfully at his post, striving to the last to
outstrive his prodigious rival. It was hard to tell which was grandest—the first pink
flush suddenly o'erspreading the gray of dawn, or each subsequent change of
the ...
5
Poems of Early Years in nine chaplets. By a Wrangler, of ...
... And much be doubted if endurance might Outstrive it to its close; and there he
crouch'd, And Chasseur Jean's fate loom'd before his mind, The while round that
scarce-shelter'd nook he heard The loud winds bellowing; he heard them rave ...
6
The Post Office Clerk: Organ of the United National ...
He advised that the members outstrive each other to succor each other in various
ways, as there is no question of equality only through equal chance. He closed
with saying that he would do all in his power for us that he could, as that was fair
...
7
A Walled Garden: And Other Poems
New-garlanding old memories, and hive In heart their sweetness ; all your words
outstrive Each other in her praise, that truth be said. But ye who are so dear, may
deal a blow To my oft-stricken heart — for oh, alas, Ye also die ! How can I let ...
Margaret Root Garvin, 1913
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The Ecclesiastical Observer
That which is most of all distinctively human is this — uot to be satisfied in its own
natural being, but above and beyond its own nature to outstrive after a higher to
which we feel ourselves allied, after a perfectly holy or a holily perfect archetype ...
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Remarkable providences illustrative of the earlier days of ...
... and then to raving, being in a dreadful condition, so that several persons of
their gang watched with her; and she was made wonderfully strong to outstrive
them, and to break away from them. One of their own party newly in favour with
them, ...
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From Darwinian Metaphysics Towards Understanding the ...
Entities are by definition egoistic and strive to outstrive each other. Panglossism
is explained by Panbellicism. The reason for any apparent harmony is an eternal
and omnipresent struggle, a truly bellum omnium contra omnes. Two types of ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTSTRIVE»
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outstrive is used in the context of the following news items.
Glamour, guns and acts of God
The accident spurred him to outstrive his peers, first as a lawyer, next as a judge and then, since 2002, as his state's attorney-general. «The Economist, Oct 13»
Are the Chinese 'better' parents?
Will the Chinese outstrive us, even if they don't outsmart us?' asks B S Prakash. Comparisons between the Chinese and us are a fact of our life ... «Rediff, Apr 11»
