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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024en•dure /ɛnˈdʊr, -ˈdyʊr/USA pronunciation v., -dured, -dur•ing. - to hold out against;
bear patiently or without complaint;
undergo:[~ + object]I could hardly endure the heat. - to continue to exist;
last:[no object]The music of Bach has endured through the ages.
en•dur•ing, adj.: deep and enduring affection.See -dur-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•dure (en dŏŏr′, -dyŏŏr′),USA pronunciation v., -dured, -dur•ing. v.t. - to hold out against;
sustain without impairment or yielding;
undergo:to endure great financial pressures with equanimity. - to bear without resistance or with patience;
tolerate:I cannot endure your insults any longer. - to admit of;
allow;
bear:His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading.
v.i. - to continue to exist;
last:These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom. - to support adverse force or influence of any kind;
suffer without yielding;
suffer patiently:Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured. - 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.
- Latin indūrāre to harden, make lasting, equivalent. to in- in-2 + dūrāre to last, be or become hard, derivative of dūrus hard
- Anglo-French, Old French endurer
- Middle English enduren 1275–1325
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stand, support, suffer, brook. See bear 1.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abide. See continue.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fail, die.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: endure /ɪnˈdjʊə/ vb - to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear
- (transitive) to permit or tolerate
- (intransitive) to last or continue to exist
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrāre to harden, from dūrus hardenˈdurable adj |