- to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear
- (transitive) to permit or tolerate
- (intransitive) to last or continue to exist
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en•dure /ɛnˈdʊr, -ˈdyʊr/USA pronunciation
v., -dured, -dur•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- 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•dure
(en dŏŏr′, -dyŏŏr′),USA pronunciation v., -dured, -dur•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
en•dur′er, n.
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. stand, support, suffer, brook. See bear 1. 4. abide. See continue.
- 4. fail, die.
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endure /ɪnˈdjʊə/ vb
'endure' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arduous
- bear
- bear up
- bide
- carry through
- countenance
- dree
- durable
- euphoria
- forbear
- gaff
- gauntlet
- go
- hardship
- hold out
- indurate
- last out
- live
- lump
- man
- obdurate
- perdition
- put up
- ride
- ride out
- severe
- sit out
- soft
- stand up
- stay
- stick out
- sufferance
- support
- survive
- swallow
- sweat out
- take
- thole
- tolerance
- undergo
- weather
- abide
- aby
- alleviate
- any
- bearing
- brook
- bullet
- chin
- come