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endure

[en-door, -dyoor]

verb (used with object)

endured, enduring 
  1. to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo.

    to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.

  2. to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate.

    I cannot endure your insults any longer.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  3. to admit of; allow; bear.

    His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading.



verb (used without object)

endured, enduring 
  1. to continue to exist; last.

    These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom.

    Synonyms:
    Antonyms: ,
  2. to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently.

    Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured.

  3. 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.

endure

/ ɪˈʊə /

verb

  1. to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear

  2. (tr) to permit or tolerate

  3. (intr) to last or continue to exist

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • endurer noun
  • unendured adjective
  • ˌܰˈٲ noun
  • ˈܰ adjective
  • ˈܰ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of endure1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English enduren, from Anglo-French, Old French endurer, from Latin Իū “to harden, make lasting,” equivalent to in- in- 2 + ū “to last, be or become hard,” derivative of ūܲ “h”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of endure1

C14: from Old French endurer, from Latin Իū to harden, from ūܲ hard
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Synonym Study

See bear 1. See continue.
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Paramount executives believe the show is worth the big bucks, given the show’s enduring popularity and legacy.

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Ardern is so appealing, her manner so purposeful despite her admitted anxieties, that her struggle to respond forcefully and humanely to the pandemic — then endure threatening protests fueled by American-grown disinformation — is hard to watch.

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Most residents, he said, have low or fixed incomes with few alternatives other than to endure the shoddy conditions in their rentals.

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She chose to take part in the project after Michael died as a way to "create an enduring tribute to him".

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