endure
verbcommon in dialogue
- //ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)//
- /[ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə̯(ɹ)]/
- //ɪnˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)//
- //ɪnˈdjʊə(ɹ)//
- /[ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)]/
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
verb
- 1
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
The singer's popularity endured for decades.
[…] The life that almost dies in me: That dies not, but endures with pain, And slowly forms the firmer mind, Treasuring the look it cannot find, The words that are not heard again.
- 2
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- 3
To last.
Our love will endure forever.
He ſhall leane vpon his houſe, but it ſhall not ſtand: he ſhal hold it faſt, but it ſhall not endure.
- 4
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Can thine heart indure, or can thine hands be ſtrong in the dayes that I ſhall deale with thee?
- 5
To suffer patiently.
He endured years of pain.
Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.
- 6
obsoleteTo indurate.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin indūrō Latin indūrāreder. Old French endurerbor. Middle English enduren English endure From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree. Doublet of dure.
Forms
- past tense
- endured
- past participle
- endured
- present participle
- enduring
- third person singular
- endures
endure · To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
enduring · Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing…enemy · Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the…energetic · Possessing or pertaining to energy.