staying power
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈsteɪɪŋ ˈpaʊər/
:
resistencia
- The athlete's staying power allowed her to finish the marathon despite the challenging conditions.
- great staying power
- demonstrates staying power
- more staying power
Oh, there seems to be like some staying power with this eye colour.
- Oh, there seems to be like some staying power with this eye colour.
- And trust me, they have more staying power than you do.
- And so these structural relationships can have some real staying power.
- Deeper level attraction has staying power.
- And so that's why I believe this is going to have staying power because the math works, the the cryptography works.
- When you sprayed your face with a setting spray, pat and press, you're locking in double the staying power.
- But then when it doesn't work, it extinguishes because these people do not have confidence, they do not have staying power.
- I think that it's a different type of totalitarianism, in some ways more difficult and to to deal with and with greater staying power.
Examples
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You certainly have more staying power than I.
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Any doubts about the mosquito's staying power dissolved in the face of this observation.
Academic text (1992) -
No single site community site has ever had staying power more than five years.
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And trust me, they have more staying power than you do.
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Do we see the kind of staying power that these have?
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I think it is no accident the movie has the staying power that it does.
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I'm kind of impressed with her staying power.
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The dominance and staying power of this particular image of the past have been remarkable.
Academic text (1998) -
Evidence suggests that early experiences (0 to 3 years at home) have amazing staying power throughout childhood and beyond.
Academic text (2006) -
We also have to demonstrate staying power, which is hard and costly in places that will do the most to shape the world that our grandchildren are going to inherit.
Synonyms
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3.4
Ability to keep doing hard physical or mental work for a long time
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3.7
Physical and mental strength that lets someone keep going for a long time
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4.1
Continuing to try despite problems or opposition
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4.1
Continuing to try hard when things are difficult or take a long time
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6.0
Not giving up when things are hard
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3.2
Ability to stay strong and not break under hard conditions
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5.9
Loyalty that stays strong in hard times
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6.5
A strong will to keep trying despite difficulties
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6.0
The quality of staying very determined and not changing your mind when things are difficult
A quality of lasting a long time and resisting damage
The quality of lasting for a long time
The ability to keep working without getting tired
Continuing to try and not giving up when things are difficult
Being very determined and not giving up
Antonyms
How Enduring
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun combines 'stay' (to remain) with 'power' (strength/capacity) to yield a straightforward meaning: the strength or capacity to remain/endure. This is a regular compositional pattern (‘‘X power’’ = ability to do X) and is likely inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Staying power paints a simple image: the words staying and power mean having the energy to stay in one place or keep going. So, staying power means the ability to 'last' or 'keep going' for a long time.