to endure
304
3.5
- verb
- /ɪnˈdʊr/
:
soportar
- Many survivors have had to endure extreme conditions while waiting for rescue.
- endure hardship
- endure suffering
- endure pain
If you know the why for doing, you can endure almost anyhow.
- If you know the why for doing, you can endure almost anyhow.
- And not all of them could, you know, endure that, that type of pressure.
- These poor children actually have to endure these parents.
- Have we forgot what it means to endure hardships?
- He realized I had to put on weight to endure this type of beating.
- I, I would rather endure any physical pain than go through that.
- Children of emotionally immature parents may endure various forms of emotional neglect.
- Well, learn some risk management and learn to endure a cycle.
- To contribute to something bigger than ourselves, to help others endure the struggles that we all share.
Examples
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An election which we will endure rather than enjoy.
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My dear, you are about to suffer what no young lady should have to endure.
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And not all of them could, you know, endure that, that type of pressure.
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And so it's the ability to endure that gets you through training.
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Of course, he must endure all this in silence.
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We cannot endure half slave and half free.
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Most people spend their whole life just enduring their work.
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Israel will almost surely have to endure a less cooperative Egypt.
Academic text (2011) -
A hard necessity, indeed, compels us to endure the evil of slavery for a time.
Academic text (2008) -
You'd be surprised how much you could endure when you've had no choice.
Synonyms
∞
3.1
To resist harm and continue to exist despite difficulty
∞
3.6
To experience a difficult or painful time in your life
∞
2.0
To feel pain or be ill
∞
3.2
To do something difficult, often with little help
∞
2.7
Continue to exist after a dangerous or difficult event
876
3.9
To accept something difficult or unpleasant
563
3.9
To accept something unpleasant that you cannot change
311
3.4
To survive after danger or a serious problem
290
3.5
Endure something unpleasant without complaining
288
4.3
To accept something unpleasant without complaining
272
2.9
To deal with problems and difficult situations
170
3.9
To go through something often unpleasant or difficult
167
3.6
To keep trying and not give up when things are hard
150
2.9
Manage a difficult problem, situation or strong feeling
122
4.2
To resist strong or harmful force without breaking
81
8.8
Accept a difficult situation and continue without complaining
61
3.5
To keep existing for a long time, often longer than expected
52
4.6
To not tolerate someone or something unpleasant
49
3.7
Not able to deal with more of something
48
5.2
To stay strong until a difficult time ends
43
3.6
To face danger or difficulty with courage
39
3.6
To keep going despite problems until you finish
36
5.5
To be able to tolerate something you dislike
22
5.1
Keep trying to do something even when it is hard
6
4.9
To continue in a difficult situation until the end
2
8.8
To allow something annoying or unpleasant to happen
1
8.5
To live through hard times and keep going
To suffer something unpleasant without complaining
Manage to get through a difficult situation
To continue to try hard even when things are difficult
Allow something unpleasant without complaining
To stay and face a difficult situation without showing fear
Antonyms
How Tolerant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Endure comes from an old Latin word durare ('to make hard' or 'to last') and the part en- ('in'). Think of it as 'becoming hard' so you can 'put up with' pain or trouble, which is why to endure something is to go through it without giving up.