Endure
verb
To carry on or keep going, even when things are tough.
Despite the challenges, they endured and successfully built the business.
Often appears as...
- endure pain
- endure hardship
verb
To exist or last for a long time.
The ancient pyramids have endured for thousands of years.
Often appears as...
- endure for years
- endure through time
verb
To endure someone means to tolerate their behavior.
It's hard to endure his rude manners.
Often appears as...
- endure rudeness
- endure behavior
verb
To carry on or keep going, even when things are tough.
Despite the challenges, they endured and successfully built the business.
Often appears as...
- endure pain
- endure hardship
verb
To exist or last for a long time.
The ancient pyramids have endured for thousands of years.
Often appears as...
- endure for years
- endure through time
verb
To endure someone means to tolerate their behavior.
It's hard to endure his rude manners.
Often appears as...
- endure rudeness
- endure behavior
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Strength
Use 'endure' to highlight emotional resilience in tough situations.
She endured the loss with great composure.
Pro Tip 2/3Continued Effort
Emphasizes ongoing effort despite difficulties, not just a single act.
He endured hours of practice to perfect his art.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Persistence
'Endure' suggests an active role in persisting, not just passively suffering.
They endured the hike despite the harsh weather.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Strength
Use 'endure' to highlight emotional resilience in tough situations.
She endured the loss with great composure.
Pro Tip 2/3Continued Effort
Emphasizes ongoing effort despite difficulties, not just a single act.
He endured hours of practice to perfect his art.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Persistence
'Endure' suggests an active role in persisting, not just passively suffering.
They endured the hike despite the harsh weather.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Strength
Use 'endure' to highlight emotional resilience in tough situations.
She endured the loss with great composure.
Pro Tip 2/3Continued Effort
Emphasizes ongoing effort despite difficulties, not just a single act.
He endured hours of practice to perfect his art.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Persistence
'Endure' suggests an active role in persisting, not just passively suffering.
They endured the hike despite the harsh weather.
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The five major world...
into a life of luxury. Venturing forth from his sheltered existence as a young man, he witnessed the human suffering that had been hidden from him and immediately set out to investigate its sources. Why must people endure suffering? Must we reincarnate through hundreds of lives? At first he thought the problem
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Bring on the learning...
They endure it rather than enjoy it, and wait for the weekend. But I also meet people who love what they do and couldn't imagine doing anything else. If you said, "Don't do this anymore," they'd wonder what you're talking about. It isn't what they do, it's who they are.
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The power of the placebo...
how they wield such power over us. Despite everything we know about the human body, there are still some strange and enduring mysteries, like the placebo effect. So what other undiscovered marvels might we contain? It's easy to investigate the world around us
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What if a US presidential...
These are the steps that we're going to have to take to make sure that we have a democracy and the democracy endures. Because never forget in the long sweep of human history, a democratic republic is the rarest form of government on earth.
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Dying Languages PIPE...
enduring voices project every two weeks around the planet a language disappears completely disappears forever and ever so what we're doing with the enduring voices project is really kind of trying to bring awareness to this whole issue
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A Collection Of Wild...
and now look ready to take on the world those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents parents who battled with the antarctic
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Embrace: Low-cost,...
these deaths are forgotten about for the most part except for by mothers this is the absolute worst tragedy a mother could endure there's no more helpless of a feeling than watching your child die
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Penguin Chicks Struggle...
and now look ready to take on the world. Those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life, thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
and now look ready to take on the world those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured
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Our Fight Against Death...
humanity struggle against death has been our most enduring fight
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The five major world...
into a life of luxury. Venturing forth from his sheltered existence as a young man, he witnessed the human suffering that had been hidden from him and immediately set out to investigate its sources. Why must people endure suffering? Must we reincarnate through hundreds of lives? At first he thought the problem
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
They endure it rather than enjoy it, and wait for the weekend. But I also meet people who love what they do and couldn't imagine doing anything else. If you said, "Don't do this anymore," they'd wonder what you're talking about. It isn't what they do, it's who they are.
Video examples
The power of the placebo...
how they wield such power over us. Despite everything we know about the human body, there are still some strange and enduring mysteries, like the placebo effect. So what other undiscovered marvels might we contain? It's easy to investigate the world around us
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
These are the steps that we're going to have to take to make sure that we have a democracy and the democracy endures. Because never forget in the long sweep of human history, a democratic republic is the rarest form of government on earth.
Video examples
Dying Languages PIPE...
enduring voices project every two weeks around the planet a language disappears completely disappears forever and ever so what we're doing with the enduring voices project is really kind of trying to bring awareness to this whole issue
Video examples
A Collection Of Wild...
and now look ready to take on the world those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents parents who battled with the antarctic
Video examples
Embrace: Low-cost,...
these deaths are forgotten about for the most part except for by mothers this is the absolute worst tragedy a mother could endure there's no more helpless of a feeling than watching your child die
Video examples
Penguin Chicks Struggle...
and now look ready to take on the world. Those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life, thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
and now look ready to take on the world those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured
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Our Fight Against Death...
humanity struggle against death has been our most enduring fight
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
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Joseph Barber Lightfoot
English Theologian
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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John Patrick
American Playwright
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
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O. J. Simpson
American Athlete
Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
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Charles Seymour
American Historian
We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.
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Robin Day
British Journalist
But I think it's important that things endure.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
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Joseph Barber Lightfoot
English Theologian
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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John Patrick
American Playwright
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
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O. J. Simpson
American Athlete
Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
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Charles Seymour
American Historian
We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.
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Robin Day
British Journalist
But I think it's important that things endure.
Example 1 of 10
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