Definitions for endure
ɛnˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊəren·dure

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

   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"

2. weather, endure, brave, brave outverb

   face and withstand with courage

   "She braved the elements"

3. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outverb

   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?"

4. suffer, endureverb

   undergo or be subjected to

   "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

5. wear, hold out, endureverb

   last and be usable

   "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

6. last, endureverb

   persist for a specified period of time

   "The bad weather lasted for three days"

7. prevail, persist, die hard, run, endureverb

   continue to exist

   "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. endureverb

   To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.

   Keith Richards' popularity endured for decades.

   Etymology: from endurer, from induro.

2. endureverb

   To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.

   Etymology: from endurer, from induro.

3. endureverb

   To last.

   Our love will endure forever.

   Etymology: from endurer, from induro.

4. endureverb

   To suffer patiently.

   He endured years of pain.

   Etymology: from endurer, from induro.

5. endureverb

   To indurate.

   Etymology: from endurer, from induro.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Endureverb

   to continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain

   Etymology: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

2. Endureverb

   to remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out

   Etymology: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

3. Endureverb

   to remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather

   Etymology: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

4. Endureverb

   to bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate

   Etymology: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

5. Endureverb

   to harden; to toughen; to make hardy

   Etymology: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Endure

   en-dūr′, v.t. to remain firm under: to bear without sinking: to tolerate.—v.i. to remain firm: to last.—adj. Endur′able, that can be endured or borne.—n. Endur′ableness.—adv. Endur′ably.—ns. Endur′ance, state of enduring or bearing: continuance: a suffering patiently without sinking: patience; Endur′er.—adv. Endur′ingly. [O. Fr. endurer—L. indurāre—in, in, durus, hard.]

Matched Categories

1. • Continue
   • Defy
   • Experience
   • Last
   • Measure

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'endure' in Verbs Frequency: #1051

How to pronounce endure?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of endure in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of endure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of endure in a Sentence

1. Chen Forng-Shean:

   Rice gives nourishment to the proverbial belly of the ethnic Chinese people. I used rice (as a medium) to encourage Taiwan's leader, Tsai Ing-wen, hoping that she can take care of the common people, so they don't need to endure hunger, and improve their financial situation.

2. Rachel Carson:

   Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

3. Richard M. Devos:

   If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one

4. Tiziano Breda:

   What Nayib Bukele may not be considering is what these precedents imply in the medium/long term : more social turmoil, political instability, and international mistrust, if not isolation. Things El Salvador can hardly endure.

5. John Milton:

   But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive.

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