endure

UK: /ɪnˈdjʊə^r/ US: /ɛnˈdʊr, -ˈdjʊr/ ,(en dŏŏr′, -dyŏŏr′)

Inflections of 'endure' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

endures

v 3rd person singular

enduring

v pres p

endured

v past

endured

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

en•dure /ɛnˈdʊr, -ˈdyʊr/   v., -dured, -dur•ing. 

1. to hold out against;
   bear patiently or without complaint;
   undergo:
   [~ + object] I could hardly endure the heat.
2. to continue to exist;
   last:
   [no object] The music of Bach has endured through the ages.

en•dur•ing, adj.: 

deep and enduring affection.

See -dur-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

en•dure  (en dŏŏr′, -dyŏŏr′), v., -dured, -dur•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to hold out against;
   sustain without impairment or yielding;
   undergo:
   to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.
2. to bear without resistance or with patience;
   tolerate:
   I cannot endure your insults any longer.
3. to admit of;
   allow;
   bear:
   His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading.

v.i. 

4. to continue to exist;
   last:
   These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom.
5. to support adverse force or influence of any kind;
   suffer without yielding;
   suffer patiently:
   Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured.
6. to have or gain continued or lasting acknowledgment or recognition, as of worth, merit or greatness:
   His plays have endured for more than three centuries.

• Latin indūrāre to harden, make lasting, equivalent. to in- in-² + dūrāre to last, be or become hard, derivative of dūrus hard
• Anglo-French, Old French endurer
• Middle English enduren 1275–1325

en•dur′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 2. stand, support, suffer, brook. See bear ¹.
• 4. abide. See continue. 

Antonyms

• 4. fail, die.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

endure / ɪnˈdjʊə/ verb

1. to undergo (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding; bear
2. (transitive) to permit or tolerate
3. (intransitive) to last or continue to exist

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French endurer, from Latin indūrāre to harden, from dūrus hard

enˈdurable adjective