стремиться

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Russian

Etymology

стреми́ть (stremítʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

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Verb

стреми́ться (stremítʹsjaimpf (perfective устреми́ться)

  1. to aspire, to strive, to aim, to long, to crave
    стреми́ться на югstremítʹsja na jugto long to go south
    стреми́ться к свобо́деstremítʹsja k svobódeto yearn to be free
  2. (mathematics) to tend (to/toward)
    x стреми́тся к бесконе́чностиx stremítsja k beskonéčnostix is tending toward infinity
  3. (obsolete) to speed, to rush
  4. passive of стреми́ть (stremítʹ)

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