Search results
- Dictionaryendure/ɪnˈdjʊə/
verb
- 1. suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently: "it seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain" Similar
- 2. remain in existence; last: "these cities have endured through time" Similar Opposite
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
ENDURE definition: 1. to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful: 2. to continue to exist for a long time…. Learn more.
1. : to undergo especially without giving in : suffer. endure hardships. endured great pain. 2. : to regard with acceptance or tolerance. could not endure noisy children. Synonyms. experience. feel.
ENDURE meaning: 1. to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful: 2. to continue to exist for a long time…. Learn more.
Endure definition: to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo. See examples of ENDURE used in a sentence.
If something endures, it lasts: Beethoven's fame has endured for more than 200 years. But if you endure something, you suffer through it: We endured our teacher's slide shows of her vacation photographs.
endure. ( ɪnˈdjʊə) vb. 1. to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear. 2. ( tr) to permit or tolerate. 3. ( intr) to last or continue to exist. [C14: from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrāre to harden, from dūrus hard] enˈdurable adj. enˌduraˈbility, enˈdurableness n. enˈdurably adv.
(formal) Verb Forms. [transitive] to experience and deal with something that is painful or unpleasant without giving up synonym bear. endure something They had to endure a long wait before the case came to trial. She could not endure the thought of parting. The pain was almost too great to endure.
