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endurable
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Endurable
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en·dur·a·ble
/
ɛnˈdʊər
ə
bəl, -ˈdyʊər-
/
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en-
d
oo
r
-
uh
-b
uh
l, -
dy
oo
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adjective
capable of being
endured
; bearable; tolerable.
Origin:
1600–10;
endure
+
-able
Related forms
en·dur·a·bil·i·ty,
en·dur·a·ble·ness,
noun
en·dur·a·bly,
adverb
non·en·dur·a·ble,
adjective
un·en·dur·a·bil·i·ty,
adjective
un·en·dur·a·ble,
adjective
un·en·dur·a·ble·ness,
noun
un·en·dur·a·bly,
adverb
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World English Dictionary
endure
(ɪnˈdjʊə)
—
vb
1.
to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear
2.
(
tr
) to permit or tolerate
3.
(
intr
) to last or continue to exist
[C14: from Old French
endurer,
from Latin
indūrāre
to harden, from
dūrus
hard]
en'durable
—
adj
endura'bility
—
n
en'durableness
—
n
en'durably
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
endurable
c.1600, able to endure, from
endure
+
-able
. Meaning able to be endured is from c.1800.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Soaked blankets, overcoats, and shelter-tents were cast off to lighten the load
and make marching more
endurable
.
These facilities must be able to provide survivable protection and enable
continued,
endurable
operations.
Allow a period of adjustment to make further heat exposure
endurable
.
The robots were really funny, except the bad one which was frightening for
sure, but
endurable
.
And in the past, either nation faltered in really making this relationship
endurable
.
Collected knowledge of all facility experiments and measurements needs to be captured as
endurable
data.
Facilities must be able to provide staff with survivable protection and must enable continued and
endurable
operations.
For theirs is no ordinary insolence,-no common and
endurable
audacity.
It relies on survivable and
endurable
command centers and a redundant, survivable communications network.
But by making life less
endurable
for coyotes in your area, you can increase the likelihood that they will go somewhere else.
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