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endurance

[en-door-uhns, -dyoor-] Example Sentences Origin

en·dur·ance

[en-door-uhns, -dyoor-]
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.

Origin:
1485–95; endure + -ance


1. See patience.

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  • All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
  • Life is an endurance race.
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endurance (ɪnˈdjʊərəns)
 
n
1.  the capacity, state, or an instance of enduring
2.  something endured; a hardship, strain, or privation

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endurance
late 15c., "continued existence in time," from endure + -ance. Meaning "ability to endure suffering, etc." is from 1660s.
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