endure
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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 English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrāre, to make hard : in-, against, into; see en-1 + dūrus, hard; see deru- in Indo-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 formal abide 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).
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 formal abide 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 French endurer, from Latin indūrāre to harden, from dūrus hard]
enˈdurable adj
enˌduraˈbility, enˈdurableness n
enˈdurably adv
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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 French endurer < Latin indūrāre to harden, make lasting =in- in-2 + dūrāre to last, be or become hard, derivative of dūrus hard]
en•dur′er, n.
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endure
Past participle: endured
Gerund: enduring
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| Verb | 1. |  endure - 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 courage; "She braved the elements" | |
| 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" | |
| 6. | endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" measure - have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches" | |
| 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" |
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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.
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endure
verb2. To put up with:
abide, accept, bear, brook, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand.
Informal: lump.
Idioms: take it, take it lying down.
3. To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time:
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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 → no soporta que se rían de ella
I can't endure being corrected → no aguanto que me corrijan
to endure doing sth → aguantar hacer algo
I can't endure him → no lo puedo ver, no lo aguanto or soporto
I can't endure it a moment longer → no lo aguanto un momento más
she can't endure being laughed at → no soporta que se rían de ella
I can't endure being corrected → no aguanto que me corrijan
to endure doing sth → aguantar hacer algo
I can't endure him → no lo puedo ver, no lo aguanto or soporto
I can't endure it a moment longer → no lo aguanto un momento más
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]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
endure
vt
(= undergo) pain, insults, losses, tribulations, hardship → erleiden
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endure
[ɪnˈdjʊəʳ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
endure
(inˈdjuə) verb1. to bear patiently; to tolerate. She endures her troubles bravely; I can endure her rudeness no longer.
2. to remain firm; to last. You must endure to the end; The memory of her great acting has endured.
enˈdurable adjective (negative unendurable) able to be borne or tolerated. This pain is scarcely endurable.
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.
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endure
v. soportar, sobrellevar, resistir, aguantar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
endure
vt aguantar, tolerarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.