endure
/in'djuə/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To suffer or undergo something difficult or painful: To experience and withstand hardship, pain, or unpleasant conditions without giving in.
- To continue to exist over a long period: To last, persist, or remain in existence despite challenges or the passage of time.
- To tolerate or bear something unpleasant: To put up with or accept an annoying or difficult person or situation.
Usage
- To suffer/undergo: Use "endure" to describe experiencing a difficult situation, often passively.
- She had to endure great pain after the surgery.
- To continue/last: Use "endure" to describe something that remains or survives over time.
- Ancient traditions still endure in some remote villages.
- To tolerate/bear: Use "endure" to describe accepting something unpleasant, often with patience or resignation.
- I cannot endure his constant complaining any longer.
Advanced Usage
- "to endure through": to survive a difficult period.
- The community endured through years of economic hardship.
- "to endure as": to continue to exist in a particular state or form.
- The castle endures as a symbol of the city's history.
Variants and Related Words
- Enduring (adj): Lasting over a long period; durable.
- They formed an enduring friendship.
- Endurance (n): The ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
- Marathon runners require great physical endurance.
Synonyms
- Bear: To carry the weight of; to tolerate.
- Withstand: To remain undamaged or unaffected by; resist.
- Persist: To continue firmly in a state or course of action.
- Survive: To continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Endure through: To survive a difficult period until its end.
- They endured through the long, cold winter.
Related Idioms
- To endure the test of time: To remain popular, effective, or successful for a long time.
- This classic novel has endured the test of time.
Verb
- continue to exist
- These stories die hard
- The legend of Elvis endures
- persist for a specified period of time
- The bad weather lasted for three days
- last and be usable
- This dress wore well for almost ten years
- undergo or be subjected to
- He suffered the penalty
- Many saints suffered martyrdom
- continue to live through hardship or adversity
- We went without water and food for 3 days
- These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
- The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
- how long can a person last without food and water?
- face and withstand with courage
- She braved the elements
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage