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endurance

Syllables: en·du·ranceUK/ɪnˈdjʊəɹəns//ɪnˈdʊɹəns/

endurance noun: the measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

Noun

endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)

  1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
    • He has great endurance: he ran a marathon and then cycled home.
  2. An ability to endure hardship.
    Synonyms:
    staying power
  3. The length of time that a ship's rations will supply.

endurance meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

endurance in Tamil

தாங்காற்றல், தாங்கும் ஆற்றல், தாங்குதிறன், நீடித்திதருக்குந்திறன், நீடித்திருக்கும் திறன், பொறை

endurance in Marathi

endurance, continuance
टिकाव ṭikāv
endurance, tolerance
सहनशीलता sahnaśīltā, सहनशक्ती sahanśaktī

endurance in Urdu

endurance
برداشت bardāśt
endurance, patience
پتا pittā

endurance in Bengali

endurance, forbearance
সহ্য śojjho
endurance
সবর śobor
More languagesFewer languages
endurance in Telugu
ఓర్పు ōrpu, ఓపిక ōpika
endurance in Malayalam
പൊറുമ poṟuma, കരുത്ത് karuttŭ
endurance in Kannada
ತಾಳಿಕೆ, ತಾಳ್ಮೆ, ಸಹನೆ, ಸಹಿಷ್ಣುತೆ
endurance in Odia
ଛାତି chāti
endurance in Sanskrit
उपेक्षा upekṣā, तितिक्षा titikṣā, सहन sahana
endurance in Nepali
सहनशक्ति
endurance in Tagalog
agwanta

Examples of endurance in a sentence

  • Typical of many phasianid birds, guinea fowl are capable runners that have strong burst-flight capacities but little endurance in flight.
  • Early signs of Duchenne muscular dystrophy may include pseudohypertrophy (enlargement of calf muscles), low endurance, and difficulties in standing unaided or inability to ascend staircases.
  • If you follow long-distance races, you might be thinking, wait—males are outperforming females in endurance events!

All 40 example sentences with endurance

Synonyms of endurance

Forms of endurance

pluralendurances
alternative formenduraunce
alternative formindurance
alternative forminduraunce

Origin of endurance

First attested in the late 15th century. From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance. Morphologically endure + -ance.

Words formed from endurance

Questions about endurance

What does endurance mean?
Endurance means the measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
What is endurance in Tamil?
Endurance in Tamil is தாங்காற்றல், தாங்கும் ஆற்றல், தாங்குதிறன். See Endurance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is endurance?
Endurance is a noun.
How do you pronounce endurance?
Endurance is pronounced /ɪnˈdjʊəɹəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of endurance?
The plural of endurance is endurances.

Words near endurance in the dictionary

  1. endurable
  2. endurableness
  3. endurably
  4. enduracididine
  5. enduracidin
  6. endurance
  7. endurance art
  8. endurances
  9. endurant
  10. endurantism
  11. endurantist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: endurance (page history and authors); endurance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); टिकाव (Marathi) (page history and authors); برداشت (Urdu) (page history and authors); সবর (Bengali) (page history and authors); കരുത്ത് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); endurance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଛାତି (Odia) (page history and authors); उपेक्षा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); endurance (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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