Enduring

//ɪnˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    endurance

    "It could be only long years of privations and endurings of hardships that could enable the Esquimaux to traverse over those icy regions with the facilities they have learned to practise[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of endure form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

    "an enduring belief in democracy"

Adjective
  1. 1
    patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble wordnet
  2. 2
    lasting a long time wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abidingpermanentsustainedabidingacceptingadamantine

Example

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"There are various ways of enduring the pain."

Related phrases

co-enduring

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