endurance
Americannoun
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the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
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the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina.
He has amazing physical endurance.
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lasting quality; duration.
His friendships have little endurance.
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something endured, as a hardship; trial.
noun
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the capacity, state, or an instance of enduring
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something endured; a hardship, strain, or privation
Related Words
See patience.
Etymology
Origin of endurance
Example Sentences
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The heady early years at Apple, wartime endurance in Britain, Motown’s hidden genius and more of the month’s best nonfiction.
And while the knockouts keep coming, he is still unproven beyond six rounds, with his engine and endurance untested at the highest level.
From BBC
For example, it can reduce the benefits of endurance training and negatively affect athletic performance.
From Science Daily
Into that hole she and Ms. Andrade will plunge—after, naturally, a sauna—and begin Ms. Andrade’s training as an endurance swimmer and endurance breather.
In a moment when partisanship dominates coverage, his passing invites reflection on the role of law, accountability, and the endurance of civic norms.
From Salon
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