endure
/ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/ verb B1- To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist. · The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- To last. · Our love will endure forever.
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- To suffer patiently. · He endured years of pain.
He/she/it endures · Past endured · Past participle endured · -ing form enduring
Verb forms
- Base form
- endure
- He/she/it
- endures
- Past
- endured
- Past participle
- endured
- -ing form
- enduring
From the library
Oh, I could endure anything if I only thought my hair would be a handsome auburn when I grew up.
I don’t feel that I could endure the disappointment if anything happened to prevent me from getting to the picnic.
It is true that her face was pale and drawn, like that of one who has endured a great shock; but her manner was composed, and the finely moulded hand which she rested upon the edge of the table was as steady as my own.
But when, for the fourth time, after pushing back our chairs from breakfast we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the window-panes, my comrade’s impatient and active nature could endure this drab existence no longer.
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