Dictionary Entry
endure
endure is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
- 2intransitive verb
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- 3transitive verb
To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
- 4transitive verb
To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
- 5transitive verb
To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.
- 6verb
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"
"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
- 7verb
undergo or be subjected to
"He suffered the penalty"
"Many saints suffered martyrdom"
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- 8verb
continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days"
"These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"
- 9verb
continue to exist
"These stories die hard"
"The legend of Elvis endures"
- 10verb
persist for a specified period of time
"The bad weather lasted for three days"
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- 11verb
last and be usable
"This dress wore well for almost ten years"
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- 12verb
face and withstand with courage
"She braved the elements"
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