endure
/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/
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British/ɪnˈd͡ʒɵː/
endure verb: to continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
Verb
endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured)
- To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- […] The life that almost dies in me:
That dies not, but endures with pain,
And slowly forms the firmer mind,
Treasuring the look it cannot find,
The words that are not heard again.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 30
- To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- To last.
- Our love will endure forever.
- He ſhall leane vpon his houſe, but it ſhall not ſtand: he ſhal hold it faſt, but it ſhall not endure.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:15, column 2
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- Can thine heart indure, or can thine hands be ſtrong in the dayes that I ſhall deale with thee?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 22:14, column 1
- To suffer patiently.
- He endured years of pain.
- Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
- To indurate.
endure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
endure in Hindi
- to endure, suffer, bear
- भुगतना bhugatnā, भोगना bhognā
- to endure
- डटना ḍaṭnā
- to endure, to suffer, to toil
- मरना marnā
endure in Tamil
- சகித்துக்கொள்
endure in Marathi
- to continue despite obstacles
- सहन करणे sahan karṇe
- to tolerate something
- सहन करणे sahan karṇe
- to suffer patiently
- सहन करणे sahan karṇe
endure in Urdu
- to continue despite obstacles
- قائم رہنا qāim rehnā
- to tolerate something
- برداشت کرنا bardasht karna, قائم رہنا qaeem rehna
- to last
- جھیلنا jhelna
- to suffer patiently
- بھگتنا bhugatnaa
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- endure in Bengali
- সহ্য করা, টিকে থাকা
- endure in Telugu
- నిలబడు nilabaḍu, నిలుచు nilucu, ఓర్చు ōrcu, భరించు bhariñcu
- endure in Malayalam
- സഹിക്കുക, ഒത്തുപോവുക, ഈടുനില്ക്കുക, ഉറച്ചുനിൽക്കുക
- endure in Kannada
- ಸಹಿಸು sahisu
- endure in Punjabi
- ਸਹਾਰਨਾ sahārnā, ਸਹਿਣਾ sahiṇā
- endure in Sanskrit
- सह् sah
- endure in Pashto
- زغمل
- endure in Arabic
- تَحَمَّلَ taḥammala, صَبَرَ ṣabara, اِسْتَمَرَّ istamarra
- endure in Indonesian
- menderita
- endure in Vietnamese
- trụ, tồn tại, chịu đựng
Examples of endure in a sentence
- The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.
- The philosophical ideas of the ancient Greeks endure to this day.
- To be is to self-create, renovate, and endure.
Synonyms of endure
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- hold up
- keep a stiff upper lip
- keep trying
- keep up
- persevere
- persist
- plod
- plug
- resist
- soldier on
- stay
- stay the course
- stay the distance
- stick it out
- stick to
- stick by one's guns
- stick to one's guns
- stick with
- stick with it
- bear
- thole
- take
- abear
- aby
- accept
- allow
- bide
- brook
- dree
- forbear
Forms of endure
| third-person singular present | endures |
|---|---|
| present participle | enduring |
| past participle | endured |
| past | endured |
| alternative form (obsolete) | enduer |
| alternative form (obsolete) | indure |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from endure
Words that rhyme with endure
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- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about endure
- What does endure mean?
- Endure means to continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- What is endure in Hindi?
- Endure in Hindi is भुगतना (bhugatnā), भोगना (bhognā), डटना (ḍaṭnā). See Endure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is endure?
- Endure is a verb.
- How do you pronounce endure?
- Endure is pronounced /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/.
- What is the past tense of endure?
- The past tense of endure is endured.
Words near endure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: endure (page history and authors); डटना (Hindi) (page history and authors); endure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Endure (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endure (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಸಹಿಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਸਹਾਰਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); सह् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); زغمل (Pashto) (page history and authors). 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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