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endurance

endurance

77 3.4
Ability to keep doing hard physical or mental work for a long time
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈdʊərəns/
translation icon : resistencia
  • The dog had the energy and endurance of a sled dog, she thought later.
  • muscular endurance
  • strength and endurance
  • flexibility and endurance

How do I get more endurance and how does it work?

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Examples

  • So as we talk about, you know, training and endurance training, it's always smarter.

  • We're gonna focus on strength, we're gonna focus on endurance.

  • How do I get more endurance and how does it work?

  • And he must test his powers of endurance from morning till night.

  • Grant us endurance in our long march to freedom.

  • The person who has endurance sticks to it.

  • Indeed, Netanyahu holds a firm belief in the endurance and capabilities of the Jewish people.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The more resistance that you're overcoming in your endurance effort, the more strength helps.

  • We can learn from the political fortitude and endurance of El Sistema's teachers in their homeland.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The athlete's endurance was tested during the grueling marathon that lasted for hours.

Synonyms

strength
vsendurance
  • Specialized
169 1.1

How well a thing resists force without breaking

applies this idea over time to cope with prolonged hardship
stamina
vsendurance
55 3.7

Physical and mental strength that lets someone keep going for a long time

is broader, applying to lasting through hardship rather than effort alone
perseverance
vsendurance
42 4.1

Continuing to try hard when things are difficult or take a long time

stresses enduring hardship itself rather than persistent activity to overcome it
fortitude
vsendurance
  • Formal
32 6.7

Courage and inner strength when facing pain or trouble

is broader, covering simple long-term tolerance as well as courage
tenacity
vsendurance
31 6.0

Not giving up when things are hard

is about enduring hardship generally, not only pursuing specific goals
staying power
vsendurance
19 5.0

Being able to keep working well for a long time

focuses more on bearing hardship and stress across time
toughness
vsendurance
18 3.2

Ability to stay strong and not break under hard conditions

leans more to lasting through trials over time rather than short-term resistance
mettle
vsendurance
15 7.7

The courage and determination to keep going in hard situations

focuses on surviving hardship rather than on brave response to it
inner strength
vsendurance
9 4.6

A person's ability to stay calm and keep trying during hard times

is focused on lasting through hardship across long periods rather than inner resilience
robustness
vsendurance
2 5.5

Strength and health that help a person or thing withstand hard conditions

is more about enduring hardship or stress in a general personal sense
long-suffering
vsendurance
1 7.0

A patient acceptance of pain or trouble for a long time

is broader, including withstanding stress that is not just suffering
hardiness
vsendurance
1 4.6

Ability to stay strong and survive difficult weather or illness

is broader, covering long-term hardship beyond physical survival
grittiness
vsendurance
1 5.1

Bravery and determination in difficult situations

is more about lasting through stress than showing tough attitude
stoutness
vsendurance
1 6.0

Being very brave and determined when facing problems

is specifically about lasting through stress over long periods
indefatigableness
vsendurance
  • Formal
9.9

The ability to keep working without getting tired

is about withstanding hardship over long periods rather than nonstop effort
enduringness
vsendurance
7.6

A quality of lasting a long time and resisting damage

is more about coping with hardship and stress in personal terms
long-sufferance
vsendurance
9.9

To accept pain or hardship without complaint for a long time

is more general, covering all kinds of long-term hardship not only suffering
patience of Job
vsendurance
  • Literature
9.9

A quality of staying calm for a long time despite great problems, like Job in the Bible

is the general ability to withstand hardship without the specific reference
bearance
vsendurance
  • Archaic
9.5

Accepting something difficult without complaining

focuses more on long-term resistance to stress rather than simple patience
stoutheartedness
vsendurance
9.2

Brave and determined actions in hard times

is centered on long-term ability to withstand hardship rather than bravery
perdurability
vsendurance
9.9

Lasting for a very long time without breaking or wearing out

is focused on human ability to bear hardship rather than material lastingness
robusticity
vsendurance
  • Specialized
8.8

How well a thing stays strong and works under stress

is mainly about human tolerance and lasting through hardship over time

Antonyms

133 1.4

Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act

17 5.2

Something that is easy to break or damage, like glass

Compounds

endurance contest
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A competition that tests how long people can keep going in hard conditions

A sport that needs the body to work hard for a long time like running or cycling

A sport of riding horses for long distances in timed races

How Enduring

resilience
52 4.8
staying power
19 5.0
endurance
77 3.4
stamina
55 3.7
tolerance
  • Specialized
43 4.8

Surface Forms

endurance singular
endurances plural

Morphology

endurance = endure (transparent) = endure + ance

Standard nominalization from the verb 'endure' with '-ance'; the meaning 'ability to withstand or last' is directly derived.

Etymology

Endurance comes from the verb endure, which contains the root dur from Latin durare meaning 'to last' or 'be hard', and you can see the same root in durable. So, endurance is the ability to 'last' under long hardship.