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noun

ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.

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RELATED WORDS

grit, endurance, vitality, fortitude, tolerance, resilience, backbone, guts, heart, legs

Nearby words

stay-in strike, stay-press, staybolt, staycation, stayer, staying power, stayman, stays, staysail, staël, stbd

Origin of staying power

First recorded in 1855–60
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Examples from the Web for staying power

  • If he had known all about her he might have formed a larger estimate of her staying-power.

    The Combined Maze|May Sinclair

  • Quartz-mining and milling require capital, and staying-power, and patience.

    Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for staying power

staying power

noun

endurance; stamina
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with staying power

staying power

The ability to endure or last, as in I'm not sure that this young novelist will have staying power, or Our candidate definitely has staying power. This expression comes from racing, where it means “the strength to maintain speed through a race.” [Second half of 1800s]

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