endurance
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əns, -ˈdyʊər- noun
1.
the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
2.
the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina: He has amazing physical endurance.
3.
lasting quality; duration: His friendships have little endurance.
4.
something endured, as a hardship; trial.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the capacity, state, or an instance of enduring |
| 2. | something endured; a hardship, strain, or privation |
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Example sentences
Her white blood was strong in her and she had grit and endurance and a vital courage.
Flagpole sitting was simply endurance, its only prerequisite an endless capacity for standing there.
Running long distances gives me the power of endurance.
Test his physical endurance through hardship and privation, his will to live through isolation.
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