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endure.

To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/[ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə̯(ɹ)]/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)//ɪnˈdjʊə(ɹ)/
  1. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

    intransitive
    The singer's popularity endured for decades.
  2. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.

    transitive
  3. To last.

    intransitive
    Our love will endure forever.
  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.

    transitive
    He endured years of pain.
  6. To indurate.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree 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.

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