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en·dure

 (ĕn-do͝or′, -dyo͝or′)
v.en·dured,en·dur·ing,en·dures
v.tr.
1. To carry on through, despite hardships; undergo or suffer:endure an Arctic winter.
2. To put up with; tolerate:I cannot endure your insolence any longer.
v.intr.
1. To continue in existence; last:buildings that have endured for centuries.
2. To suffer patiently without yielding.
[Middle Englishenduren, from Old Frenchendurer, from Latinindūrāre,to make hard :in-,against, into; see en-1 +dūrus,hard; seederu- inIndo-European roots.]
Synonyms: endure, bear1, stand, abide, suffer, tolerate
These verbs mean to put up with something, especially something difficult, annoying, or painful.Endure stresses forbearance in the face of ongoing difficulties:"Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed" (Samuel Johnson).
Bear can suggest a stalwart capacity to put up with something painful or unpleasant:"Those best can bear reproof who merit praise" (Alexander Pope).
Stand and the more formalabide often imply forbearance that comes from resolute self-control under provoking circumstances:He couldn't stand taking orders from anyone. She couldn't abide fools.
Suffer has a similar range but adds a suggestion of meekness or resignation:He suffered their insults in silence.
Tolerate, in this sense, generally connotes a reluctant or indulgent acceptance:"Young Konrad loved animals, and his parents tolerated the many household pets he acquired—birds, a dog, fish, a lemur" (Dale Peterson).
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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 Frenchendurer, from Latinindūrāre to harden, fromdūrus hard]
enˈdurableadj
enˌduraˈbility,enˈdurablenessn
enˈdurablyadv
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en•dure

(ɛnˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊər)

v.-dured, -dur•ing.v.t.
1. to hold out against; undergo: to endure hardship.
2. to bear patiently or without resistance; tolerate.
3. to admit of; allow; bear.
v.i.
4. to continue to exist; last.
5. to support adverse force or influence; suffer without yielding.
[1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old Frenchendurer < Latinindūrāre to harden, make lasting =in-in-2 +dūrāre to last, be or become hard, derivative ofdūrus hard]
en•dur′er,n.
syn:Seebear1. See alsocontinue.
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endure


Past participle:endured
Gerund:enduring

Imperative
endure
endure
Present
I endure
you endure
he/she/it endures
we endure
you endure
they endure
Preterite
I endured
you endured
he/she/it endured
we endured
you endured
they endured
Present Continuous
I am enduring
you are enduring
he/she/it is enduring
we are enduring
you are enduring
they are enduring
Present Perfect
I have endured
you have endured
he/she/it has endured
we have endured
you have endured
they have endured
Past Continuous
I was enduring
you were enduring
he/she/it was enduring
we were enduring
you were enduring
they were enduring
Past Perfect
I had endured
you had endured
he/she/it had endured
we had endured
you had endured
they had endured
Future
I will endure
you will endure
he/she/it will endure
we will endure
you will endure
they will endure
Future Perfect
I will have endured
you will have endured
he/she/it will have endured
we will have endured
you will have endured
they will have endured
Future Continuous
I will be enduring
you will be enduring
he/she/it will be enduring
we will be enduring
you will be enduring
they will be enduring
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been enduring
you have been enduring
he/she/it has been enduring
we have been enduring
you have been enduring
they have been enduring
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been enduring
you will have been enduring
he/she/it will have been enduring
we will have been enduring
you will have been enduring
they will have been enduring
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been enduring
you had been enduring
he/she/it had been enduring
we had been enduring
you had been enduring
they had been enduring
Conditional
I would endure
you would endure
he/she/it would endure
we would endure
you would endure
they would endure
Past Conditional
I would have endured
you would have endured
he/she/it would have endured
we would have endured
you would have endured
they would have endured
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.endure - put up with something or somebody unpleasantendure - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
live with,swallow,accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
hold still for,stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"
bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"
take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down"
take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?"
sit out - endure to the end
pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
countenance,permit,allow,let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
2.endure - face and withstand with courageendure - face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
defy,withstand,hold up,hold - resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
3.endure - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
live,be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
subsist,exist,survive,live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
hold water,stand up,hold up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"
perennate - survive from season to season, of plants
live out - live out one's life; live to the end
4.endure - undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
tolerate - have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
experience,go through,see - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
5.endure - last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
last,endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
6.endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
run for,run - extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours"
measure - have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"
hold out,endure,wear - last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
drag on,drag out - last unnecessarily long
7.endure - continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
continue - exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
carry over - transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another
run - occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
reverberate - have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

endure

verb
1.experience,suffer,bear,weather,meet,go through,encounter,cope with,sustain,brave,undergo,withstand,live through,thole(Scot.)He'd endured years of pain and sleepless nights because of arthritis.
2.put up with,stand,suffer,bear,allow,accept,stick(slang),take(informal),permit,stomach,swallow,brook,tolerate,hack(slang),abide,submit to,countenance,stick out(informal),take patientlyI simply can't endure another moment of her company.
3.last,live,continue,remain,stay,hold,stand,go on,survive,live on,prevail,persist,abide,be durable,wear wellSomehow the language endures and continues to survive to this day.
Proverbs
"What can't be cured must be endured"
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

endure

verb
1.To carry on through despite hardships:
2.To put up with:
Informal:lump.
Idioms:take it, take it lying down.
3.To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time:
4.To withstand stress or difficulty:
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Translations
يَتَحَمَّل، يَحْتَمِليَصْبِر، يِبْقى ثابِتا
snášetvytrvat
fortsætteholde sigtåleudholde
endastòola
atsparumasišliktiišsilaikytiištvermėkantrumas
ilgtizturēt
pretrpeti

endure

[ɪnˈdjʊəʳ]
A.VT (=suffer) [+pain, heat] →resistir,aguantar; (=tolerate) →aguantar,soportar
she can't endure being laughed at →nosoporta que seríande ella
I can't endure being corrected →noaguanto que mecorrijan
to endure doing sth →aguantarhacer algo
I can't endure him →no lo puedover, no loaguantoorsoporto
I can't endure it a moment longer →no loaguantoun momentomás
B.VI (=last) →durar; (=not give in) →aguantar,resistir
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

endure

[ɪnˈdjʊər]
vt (=bear) [+pain, illness, hardship, suffering] →endurer; [+abuse, torture, humiliation, criticism] →endurer
vi (=last) [relationship, marriage] →durer; [idea, attraction] →perdurer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

endure

vt
(= undergo)pain, insults, losses, tribulations, hardship →erleiden
(= put up with) →ertragen;agony →aushalten,ertragen;it was more than I couldendure →ich konnte esnichtmehrertragen;she can’tendure being laughed at →sie kann esnichtvertragenor haben(inf), →wenn man über sielacht
vi →bestehen;(work, memories also) →Bestand haben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

endure

[ɪnˈdjʊəʳ]
1.vt →sopportare
I can't endure being teased →nonsopporto diessere presoin giro
2.vi (friendship, memory, peace) →durare; (book, building) →resistere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

endure

(inˈdjuə) verb
1. to bear patiently; to tolerate.She endures her troubles bravely;I can endure her rudeness no longer. deurstaan يَتَحَمَّل، يَحْتَمِل издържам suportar snášetaushalten udholde; tåleυπομένω,υποφέρωsoportar taluma تحمل کردن sietääsupporter לִסבּוֹל सहना podnositi elvisel menahankan, memikul þolasopportare 耐える 견디어 내다 pakęsti paciest menahankanverdragenholde ut,utstå,tåleznosić زغمل، ګالل، سييول، تاب را وړل suportar a suportaтерпеть znášať prenesti podnositi uthärda อดทนdayanmak, katlanmak 忍受，忍耐 терпіти, зносити برداشت کرنا cam chịu 忍受，忍耐
2. to remain firm; to last.You must endure to the end;The memory of her great acting has endured. volstaan, aanhou, uithou يَصْبِر، يِبْقى ثابِتا трая persistir vydržet; trvatdurchhalten,fortdauern fortsætte; holde sigαντέχωaguantar,soportar,resistir,persistir vastu pidama پایدار ماندن kestäätenir,durer לָשֵׂאת चलना, जारी रहना izdržati kitart bertahan endastresistere,durare 持ちこたえる 끝까지 버티다 iš(si)laikyti, išlikti izturēt; ilgt bertahan het uithouden,durenholde ut; holde seg, bli ståendeprzetrwać تاب را وړل persistir a rezista (în timp) стоико держаться;продолжаться vydržať vztrajati, ostati živ istrajati uthärda, hålla ut, bestå คงอยู่sürmek,devam etmek 堅持，持續 тривати باقی رہنا tồn tại 持续，持久，坚持下去
enˈdurable adjective
(negativeunendurable) able to be borne or tolerated.This pain is scarcely endurable. uitstaanbaar, draaglik مُحْتَمَل، قابِل للإحْتِمال издрълив suportável snesitelnýerträglich udholdelig; til at holde udυποφερτόςsoportable väljakannatatav قابل تحمل siedettäväsupportable שֶׁנִיתן לִסבּוֹל सहनीय podnošljiv elviselhető bisa ditahankan þolanlegursopportabile,tollerabile 耐えられる 견딜 수 있는 pakeliamas paciešams; izturams boleh ditanggungdraaglijkutholdelig,til å holde ut możliwy do zniesienia دزغملو وړ، ګالل كېدونكىsuportável suportabilтерпимый znesiteľný znosen izdržljiv uthärdlig, dräglig ที่คงอยู่นาน dayanılabilir, katlanılabilir 可忍受的 стерпний قابل برداشت có thể chịu đựng được 可忍受的，能持久的
enˈdurance noun
the power or ability to bear or to last.He has amazing (power of) endurance;Her rudeness is beyond endurance;(also adjective) endurance tests. ontbering, voortduring, verduring, uithouvermoë إحْتِمال издръжливост resistência snesitelnost; vytrvalost(ní) die Ausdauer, das Ertragen udholdenhedαντοχήresistencia,aguante talumisvõime, vastupidavus تحمل kestävyysendurance; de résistance סִבּוֹלֶת , סִיבּוֹלֶת सहन podnošljivost kitartás; állóképesség daya tahan ending, þol, þreksopportazione,tolleranza 耐久性 인내력, 참을성 ištvermė, atsparumas, kantrumas izturība; pacietība; izturības-; pacietības- daya tahanuithoudingsvermogenutholdenhet,seighetwytrzymałość زغم، ګالنه، سييونه، طاقت، توان، پو خوالى (په درد او غم كېresistência puterea de a îndura; (de) rezistenţăвыносливость znesiteľnosť; vytrvalosť; vytrvalostný vzdržljivost izdržljivost uthållighet ความอดทนtahammül,sabır 忍受力，耐力 витривалість; стійкість قوت برداشت khả năng chịu đựng忍耐力
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endure

v. soportar, sobrellevar, resistir, aguantar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

endure

vt aguantar, tolerar
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.


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