durability
/ˈdʲʊɹəbɪləti/US/dəɹəˈbɪləti/
durability noun: the ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
Noun
durability (countable and uncountable, plural durabilities)
- The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
- We broke up our tests into three categories — performance, durability and versatility — so we could compare the different features of each jacket against the others directly.2025 January 3, Kai Burkhardt, “The best rain jackets of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- long-lastingness
durability meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
durability in Hindi
- permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
- टिकाउपन ṭikāupan
durability in Tamil
- நிலைப்பு
durability in Marathi
- टिकाऊपणा
durability in Urdu
- پائیداری, پختگی, قیام
More languagesFewer languages
- durability in Telugu
- మన్నిక mannika
- durability in Malayalam
- ഈട് īṭŭ
- durability in Kannada
- ಬಾಳಿಕೆ, ತಡೆತ, ತಡತ, ತಾಳಿಕೆ
- durability in Punjabi
- ਟਿਕਾਉਤਾ
- durability in Gujarati
- ટકાઉપણું, ટકાઉપણા, ટકાઉપન
- durability in Nepali
- टिकाऊपन
- durability in Arabic
- مَتَانَة matāna
- durability in Malay
- ketahanan, keawetan
- durability in Persian
- دوام davâm
Examples of durability in a sentence
- In the entry-level product category, the engineers had to trade off maximal durability for affordable upfront cost.
- The garment's durability is enhanced by using a locknit, which prevents runs and maintains its shape.
- Preamble is a hard-boiled steel commuter built for comfort, durability, and buffoonery on pavement and gravel.
Synonyms of durability
Forms of durability
| plural | durabilities |
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Origin of durability
From Middle English durabilite, from Old French durabilité, from Latin dūrābilitās (“durability”). Corresponding to durable + -ity.
Words formed from durability
Questions about durability
- What does durability mean?
- Durability means the ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
- What is durability in Hindi?
- Durability in Hindi is टिकाउपन (ṭikāupan). See Durability meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is durability?
- Durability is a noun.
- How do you pronounce durability?
- Durability is pronounced /dəɹəˈbɪləti/ (US).
- What is the plural of durability?
- The plural of durability is durabilities.
Words near durability in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: durability (page history and authors); durability (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); durability (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); durability (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഈട് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); durability (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); durability (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); durability (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); durability (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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