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endure

/ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/

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What does endure mean?

verb

  1. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
  2. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  3. To last.
More meanings (3)

verb

  1. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
  2. To suffer patiently.
  3. (obsolete) To indurate.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɪnˈdɝ/
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His conscience could not endure any more of Amy’s grateful happiness, and his jealousy could bear no more of the other distress.
Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, CompleteProject Gutenberg ebook #74
They were desirous, however, of ascertaining how this little animal, least of all others subject to giddiness, would endure this experimental voyage.
Jules VerneFrom the Earth to the moon; and, round the moonProject Gutenberg ebook #83
More book examples (3)
On the one hand we have great permanent beliefs, which endure for several centuries, and on which an entire civilisation may rest.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
Men were obliged to endure this crying evil for full six months, wearied to desperation, and made sea-sick on the dry land.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
Pompey himself would not endure to see him, but to deprecate the divine jealousy, sent it away to the city of Sinope.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674