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endure
[ en-door, -dyoor ]
verb (used with object)
- to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.
- to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate:
I cannot endure your insults any longer.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to admit of; allow; bear:
His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading.
verb (used without object)
- to continue to exist; last:
These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom.
Synonyms:
Antonyms: ,
- to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently:
Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured.
- to have or gain continued or lasting acknowledgment or recognition, as of worth, merit or greatness:
His plays have endured for more than three centuries.
endure
/ ɪˈʊə /
verb
- to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear
- tr to permit or tolerate
- intr to last or continue to exist
Derived Forms
- ˌܰˈٲ, noun
- ˈܰ, adjective
- ˈܰ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·ܰİ noun
- ܲe·ܰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of endure1
Example Sentences
To make it as a fashion model is one thing; to endure in such an intensely competitive field, as Christie Brinkley has done, is quite another.
A spokesperson said: "We are determined to deliver systemic change, at pace, to how we support people in our care, in a way which will be enduring, transparent, and impactful."
The first 100 days of Trump's second term have been a dramatic show of political force, but the next 1,361 will be the real test of whether he can carve an enduring legacy.
The surveyors traveled mostly on horseback and on foot as they mapped the rugged terrain, enduring grueling days in desert camps where the heat sometimes topped 120 degrees.
It was Nazi cruelty and incompetence that accounted for the 500 deaths a day that the camp endured.
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