Endure
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə̯(ɹ)/
- US IPA: /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/
- Rhymes: -ÊŠÉ™(r)
Origin
From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrŠ("to make hard"). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree.
Full definition of endure
Verb
- (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- (intransitive) To last.Our love will endure forever.
- Bible, Job viii. 15He shall hold it house fast, but it shall not endure.
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
- (transitive) To suffer patiently.He endured years of pain.
- 2011, April 11, Phil McNulty, Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City, 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.
- (obsolete) To indurate.