endure
pronunciation
How to pronounce endure in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdjʊə(r)]
How to pronounce endure in American English:
US [ɪnˈdʊr]
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- Verb:
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- face or endure with courage
- continue to live; endure or last
- undergo or be subjected to
- last and be usable
- persist or be long; in time
- continue to exist
Word Origin
- endure
- endure: see during
- endure (v.)
- late 14c., "to undergo or suffer" (especially without breaking); also "to continue in existence," from Old French endurer (12c.) "make hard, harden; bear, tolerate; keep up, maintain," from Latin indurare "make hard," in Late Latin "harden (the heart) against," from in- (see in- (2)) + durare "to harden," from durus "hard," from PIE *dru-ro-, from root *deru- "be firm, solid, steadfast" (see true). Replaced the important Old English verb dreogan (past tense dreag, past participle drogen), which survives in dialectal dree. Related: Endured; endures.
Example
- 1. Officials in beijing tend to endure no such ordeals .
- 2. It is simple and more likely to endure than complex interventions .
- 3. Most endure hunger at least some of the time .
- 4. How can the earth endure beneath it ?
- 5. To endure them is the price of being a powerful and big government .