English Explanatory Dictionary

endure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
  2. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  3. To last.
  4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
  5. To suffer patiently.
  6. To indurate.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ [ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə̯(ɹ)] /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)/ /ɪnˈdjʊə(ɹ)/ [ɪnˈdjʊə̯(ɹ)] /ɪnˈdjɔː(ɹ)/ /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/ /ɪnˈdɝ/ en-us-endure.ogg

Word forms

endure endures enduring endured enduer indure

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Italic *dūros Latin dūrūs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dūrō Latin indūrō Latin indūrāreder. Old French endurerbor. Middle English enduren English endure From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree. Doublet of dure.

Synonyms

carry on plug away abide astand bear up continue endure follow up hang in there hold on hold out hold the line hold up keep a stiff upper lip keep trying keep up persevere persist plod plug resist soldier on stay stay the course stay the distance stick it out stick to stick by one's guns stick to one's guns stick with stick with it bear thole take abear aby accept allow bide brook dree forbear go along with live with pass pocket pouch put up with stand stick stomach suffer swallow take sitting down tolerate undergang undergo go on lie prevail

Related words

endurance enduring enduro duress

Derived words

co-endure coendure endurability endurable outendure unendured
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