endure
See also enduré
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree.
Pronunciation
Verb
endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured)
- (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
- Keith Richards' popularity endured for decades.
- (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- (intransitive) To last.
- Our love will endure forever.
- (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- He endured years of pain.
- 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:
- 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.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
to continue despite obstacles
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to tolerate something
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to suffer
to last
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
French
Verb
endure
- first-person singular present indicative of endurer
- third-person singular present indicative of endurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
- second-person singular imperative of endurer