enduring
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʊɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈdɝɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdjʊəɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈdjɔːɹɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹɪŋ
- Hyphenation: en‧dur‧ing
AdjectiveEdit
enduring (comparative more enduring, superlative most enduring)
- Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.
- an enduring belief in democracy
SynonymsEdit
- diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
long-lasting
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VerbEdit
enduring
NounEdit
enduring (plural endurings)
- endurance
- 1854, James Kennedy, Probable Origin of the American Indians, page 14:
- It could be only long years of privations and endurings of hardships that could enable the Esquimaux to traverse over those icy regions with the facilities they have learned to practise […]