endureverb
uk/ɪnˈdʒʊər/us/ɪnˈdʊr/endure verb (EXPERIENCE)
B2 [ T ] to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful:
We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.
She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.
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- During the war many couples had to endure long periods of separation .
- The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of the neighbours.
- Words alone cannot convey the untold misery endured by people in these refugee camps.
- By the third month of the expedition they had endured many hardships, but worse was to follow.
- He endured his illness with great stoicism.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tolerating and enduring
- bear
- bear with sb
- bearable
- bide
- come to terms with sth idiom
- endurance
- philosophically
- resigned
- ride
- ride sth out
- sit
- sit sth out
- stand for sth
- stew (in your own juice) idiom
- stick
- stick it out
- stick with it idiom
- stick with sth/sb
- struggle on
- sweat it out idiom
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endure verb (CONTINUE)
[ I ] formal to continue to exist for a long time:
The political system established in 1400 endured until about 1650.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- keep sth up
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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endurable
adjective uk/ɪnˈdʒʊə.rə.bəl/us/ɪnˈdʊr.ə.bəl/