Meanings
present singular third person endures · participle present enduring · participle past endured · past endured · alternative obsolete enduer · alternative obsolete indure
- intransitiveTo continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
The singer's popularity endured for decades.
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[…] The life that almost dies in me: That dies not, but endures with pain, And slowly forms the firmer mind, Treasuring the look it cannot find, The words that are not heard again.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 30Synonyms: carry on, plug away, abide, astand, bear up, carry on, continue, follow up
- intransitiveTo last.
Our love will endure forever.
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He ſhall leane vpon his houſe, but it ſhall not ſtand: he ſhal hold it faſt, but it ſhall not endure.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:15, column 2Synonyms: go on, hold on, persist, abide, aby, astand, go on, lie
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Can thine heart indure, or can thine hands be ſtrong in the dayes that I ſhall deale with thee?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 22:14, column 1 - transitiveTo suffer patiently.
He endured years of pain.
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Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.
2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport - obsoleteTo indurate.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
verbTo tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
verbTo last.
verbTo remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
More synonyms by meaning
verbput up with something or somebody unpleasant
verbcontinue to live and avoid dying
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinindūrō
- Latinindūrāre
- Old Frenchendurer
- Middle Englishenduren
- Englishendure
From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrō (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English drēogan, which survives dialectally as dree. Doublet of dure.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ὑπομένω, ὑπομένω
- ὑπομένω (hupoménō)to continue despite obstacles
- ὑπομένω (hupoménō)to tolerate something
- πάσχω (páskhō)to suffer patiently
Arabic تَحَمَّلَ, صَبَرَ
- تَحَمَّلَ (taḥammala)to tolerate something
- صَبَرَ (ṣabara)to tolerate something
- اِسْتَمَرَّ (istamarra)to last
Bulgarian издържам, трая
- издържам (izdăržam)to continue despite obstacles
- трая (traja)to tolerate something
- понасям (ponasjam)to tolerate something
- трая (traja)to last
- продължавам (prodălžavam)to last
- изтърпявам (iztărpjavam)to suffer patiently
Catalan aguantar, durar
- aguantarto continue despite obstacles
- durarto last
- perdurarto last
Chinese Mandarin 承受, 忍受
- 承受 (chéngshòu)to continue despite obstacles
- 忍受 (rěnshòu)to continue despite obstacles
- 忍受 (rěnshòu)to tolerate something
Czech vytrvat, snášet
- vytrvatto continue despite obstacles
- snášetto tolerate something
Danish holde, vare
- holdeto continue despite obstacles
- vareto continue despite obstacles
- udholdeto tolerate something
- tåleto tolerate something
- vareto last
- leveto last
- døjeto suffer patiently
- udholdeto suffer patiently
- holde udto suffer patiently
Dutch voortduren, verdragen
- voortdurento continue despite obstacles
- verdragento tolerate something
- doorstaanto suffer patiently
Esperanto elteni, daŭri
- eltenito continue despite obstacles
- daŭrito last
- suferito suffer patiently
Finnish kestää, kestää
- kestääto continue despite obstacles
- kestääto tolerate something
- sietääto tolerate something
- kestääto last
- kärsiäto suffer patiently
French endurer, perdurer
- endurerto continue despite obstacles
- perdurerto continue despite obstacles
- supporterto tolerate something
German ertragen, aushalten
- ertragento continue despite obstacles
- aushaltento continue despite obstacles
- duldento tolerate something
- von Bestand seinto last
- dauernto last
Greek αντέχω, αντέχω
- αντέχω (antécho)to continue despite obstacles
- αντέχω (antécho)to tolerate something
- ανέχομαι (anéchomai)to tolerate something
- υπομένω (ypoméno)to tolerate something
- υπομένω (ypoméno)to suffer patiently
- αντέχω (antécho)to suffer patiently
- τραβάω (traváo)to suffer patiently
- εγκαρτερώ (egkarteró)to suffer patiently
Hebrew עמד
- עמד (amád)to continue despite obstacles
Hungarian kitart, elvisel
- kitartto continue despite obstacles
- elviselto tolerate something
- kibírto tolerate something
Icelandic þola
- þolato tolerate something
Indonesian menderita
- menderitato suffer patiently
Irish iompair, iompair
- iompairto tolerate something
- iompairto suffer patiently
Italian durare, restare
- durareto continue despite obstacles
- restareto continue despite obstacles
- resistereto continue despite obstacles
- perdurareto continue despite obstacles
- tollerareto tolerate something
- sopportareto tolerate something
- durareto last
- perdurareto last
- sopportareto suffer patiently
- tollerareto suffer patiently
- soffrire dito suffer patiently
Japanese 耐える, たえる
- 耐える (taeru)to continue despite obstacles
- たえる (taeru)to tolerate something
Korean 견디다, 참다
- 견디다 (gyeondida)to tolerate something
- 참다 (chamda)to tolerate something
- 버티다 (beotida)to last
Latin perpetior, habeo
- perpetiorto continue despite obstacles
- habeoto continue despite obstacles
- perpetiorto tolerate something
- tolerōto tolerate something
Lithuanian atlaikyti, atsilaikyti
- atlaikytito continue despite obstacles
- atsilaikytito continue despite obstacles
- tvertito tolerate something
- ištvertito tolerate something
Māori taimau, koromaki
- taimauto continue despite obstacles
- koromakito tolerate something
- whakataumahato tolerate something
- whakaririkato tolerate something
- whakataumahato suffer patiently
- whakataimahato suffer patiently
Norwegian Bokmål holde ut, utstå
- holde utto continue despite obstacles
- utståto tolerate something
- vareto last
- utståto suffer patiently
- holde ut medto suffer patiently
- utholdeto suffer patiently
Polish wytrzymać, trwać
- wytrzymaćto continue despite obstacles
- trwaćto last
- przeżyćto suffer patiently
- przeżywaćto suffer patiently
- przetrwaćto suffer patiently
Portuguese aguentar, prevalecer
- aguentarto continue despite obstacles
- prevalecerto continue despite obstacles
- aguentarto tolerate something
- suportarto tolerate something
- durarto last
- resistirto last
- sofrerto suffer patiently
- aguentarto suffer patiently
Romanian îndura, răbda
- îndurato continue despite obstacles
- răbdato continue despite obstacles
- tolerato tolerate something
- îngăduito tolerate something
- suportato tolerate something
- durato last
Russian выде́рживать, вы́держать
- выде́рживать (vydérživatʹ)to continue despite obstacles
- вы́держать (výderžatʹ)to continue despite obstacles
- терпе́ть (terpétʹ)to continue despite obstacles
- вы́терпеть (výterpetʹ)to continue despite obstacles
- выноси́ть (vynosítʹ)to continue despite obstacles
- вы́нести (výnesti)to continue despite obstacles
- терпе́ть (terpétʹ)to tolerate something
- вы́терпеть (výterpetʹ)to tolerate something
- выноси́ть (vynosítʹ)to tolerate something
- вы́нести (výnesti)to tolerate something
- переноси́ть (perenosítʹ)to tolerate something
- перенести́ (perenestí)to tolerate something
Scottish Gaelic seas
- seasto last
Spanish aguantar, perdurar
- aguantarto continue despite obstacles
- perdurarto continue despite obstacles
- turarto continue despite obstacles
- sobrellevarto tolerate something
- endurarto tolerate something
- durarto last
- turarto last
- perdurarto last
- sobrellevarto suffer patiently
Swedish tåla, genomlida
- tålato tolerate something
- genomlidato suffer patiently
- utståto suffer patiently
Ukrainian терпі́ти, вите́рплювати
- терпі́ти (terpíty)to tolerate something
- вите́рплювати (vytérpljuvaty)to tolerate something
- зазнава́ти (zaznaváty)to tolerate something
- зазна́ти (zaznáty)to tolerate something
- вино́сити (vynósyty)to tolerate something
- ви́нести (výnesty)to tolerate something
Urdu قائم رہنا, برداشت کرنا
- قائم رہنا (qāim rehnā)to continue despite obstacles
- برداشت کرنا (bardasht karna)to tolerate something
- قائم رہنا (qaeem rehna)to tolerate something
- جھیلنا (jhelna)to last
- بھگتنا (bhugatnaa)to suffer patiently
Vietnamese trụ, tồn tại
- trụto continue despite obstacles
- tồn tạito continue despite obstacles
- chịu đựngto tolerate something
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with endure
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Cite this entry
endure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endure
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