endure
Americanverb (used with object)
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to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo.
to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.
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to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate.
I cannot endure your insults any longer.
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to admit of; allow; bear.
His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading.
verb (used without object)
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to continue to exist; last.
These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom.
- Synonyms:
- abide
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to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently.
Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured.
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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.
verb
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to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear
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(tr) to permit or tolerate
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(intr) to last or continue to exist
Related Words
Other Word Forms
- endurability noun
- endurable adjective
- endurably adverb
- endurer noun
- unendured adjective
Etymology
Origin of endure
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English enduren, from Anglo-French, Old French endurer, from Latin indūrāre “to harden, make lasting,” equivalent to in- in- 2 + dūrāre “to last, be or become hard,” derivative of dūrus “hard”
Example Sentences
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Trot songs often express "han" - a deep-seated feeling of sorrow, resentment and longing shaped by Korea's history of foreign subjugation and one of the most enduring themes in Korean culture.
From BBC
Our sympathies change as we witness both men’s failings as well as their enduring virtues.
From Los Angeles Times
Small businesses carry a disproportionate share because they lack the resources to navigate rapid policy swings, secure carve-outs or endure prolonged refund battles.
From MarketWatch
For many years I buried it all: the anger, the embarrassment, the shame, the pain my family endured.
“On the contrary, one of the lessons we’ve learned in building DoorDash is that to build systems that endure, you must also think and invest in the long term,” he said.
From MarketWatch
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