endurance contest
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- noun
- /ɪnˈdʊr.əns ˈkɒn.tɛst/
- Specialized
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competencia de resistencia
Examples
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Now it was an endurance contest.
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The marathon was not just a race; it turned into an endurance contest that tested everyone's limits.
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In the reality show, contestants faced an endurance contest where they had to stay awake for 48 hours.
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The freezing temperatures made the outdoor event an endurance contest for the participants.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a competition that tests how long participants can withstand difficult or strenuous conditions' is directly and transparently composed from 'endurance' (the power to withstand prolonged stress) and 'contest' (an organized competition). This literal noun+noun construction follows normal compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Endurance contest comes from events where people try to last as long as possible in hard conditions. Endurance means the ability to keep going and contest means a competition, so the phrase refers to a test of 'how long' someone can keep going.