enduring

[ en-door-ing, -dyoor- ]

adjective

1. lasting; permanent:

   a poet of enduring greatness.

2. patient; long-suffering.

enduring

/ ɪnˈdjʊərɪŋ /

adjective

1. permanent; lasting
2. having forbearance; long-suffering

Derived Forms

• enˈduringly, adverb
• enˈduringness, noun

Other Words From

• en·during·ly adverb
• en·during·ness noun
• nonen·during adjective
• unen·during adjective
• unen·during·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of enduring¹

First recorded in 1525–35; endure + -ing ²

Example Sentences

But the enduring response—stop the world, I want to get off—is the same.

From The Daily Beast

But several of these words and phrases do manage to secure an enduring place in the English language.

From The Daily Beast

Statistics are one thing, enduring the jailhouse ordeal another.

From The Daily Beast

Cruising the Caribbean, enjoying beaches... Enduring Persecution as an American Christian sounds horrible.

From The Daily Beast

Call it tragic, call it comic, or call it both: The most enduring legacy of Viagra might be erectile dysfunction jokes.

From The Daily Beast

So intelligent were her methods that she doubtless had great influence in making the memory of his art enduring.

From Project Gutenberg

Uriah said it would dishonour him to seek ease and pleasure at home while other soldiers were enduring hardship at the front.

From Project Gutenberg

For Isabel Otis the genius loci had a more powerful and enduring magnetism than any man or woman she had ever known.

From Project Gutenberg

Her mother pressed the coveted treasure to her bosom with maternal love, more calm, and deep, and enduring.

From Project Gutenberg

Sebastopol was evacuated last night after enduring, for three days, an infernal fire of shot and shell.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abiding