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endurance

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjʊəɹəns/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjɔːɹəns/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈdʊɹəns/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈdɝəns/
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  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 N D ER0 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • He has great endurance: he ran a marathon and then cycled home.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An ability to endure hardship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: staying power

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The length of time that a ship's rations will supply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the power to withstand hardship or stress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the marathon tests a runner's endurance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: strength

Narrower terms: sufferance, stamina, staying power, toughness, long-sufferance, long-suffering, tolerance

5

noun

Meaning 5

a state of surviving; remaining alive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: survival

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animation, life, living, aliveness

Narrower terms: subsistence

History

Etymology

First attested in the late 15th century. From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance. Morphologically endure + -ance.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տոկունություն (tokunutʻyun) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Bulgarian: издръжливост (izdrǎžlivost) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Catalan: resistència — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Catalan: aguant — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 持久度 (chíjiǔdù) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耐久 (nàijiǔ) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Czech: vytrvalost — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Danish: udholdenhed — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Dutch: uithoudingsvermogen — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Estonian: vastupidavus — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Finnish: kestävyys — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Finnish: sietokyky — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • French: endurance — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • German: Ausdauer — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • German: Durchhaltevermögen — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Greek: αντοχή (antochí) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Greek: υπομονή (ypomoní) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Ancient Greek: καρτερία (kartería) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Hanunoo: agwanta — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Ido: duriveso — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Italian: resistenza — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Italian: sopportazione — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Italian: durata — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Italian: autonomia — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Italian: fatica — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Kazakh: төзімділік (tözımdılık) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Korean: 지구력 (jiguryeok) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Latin: firmitās — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Macedonian: издржливост (izdržlivost) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Māori: manawaroa — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Māori: matatū — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utholdenhet — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Portuguese: resistência — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Romanian: rezistență — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Romanian: anduranță — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Russian: выно́сливость (vynóslivostʹ) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Spanish: resistencia — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Spanish: aguante — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Spanish: perduración — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Swedish: uthållighet — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Tagalog: agwanta — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Telugu: ఓర్పు (ōrpu) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Tocharian B: kälṣamñe — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Turkish: dayanıklılık — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاقت (takat) — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Yoruba: agalẹ̀ — the measure of a person's stamina or persistence
  • Armenian: տոկունություն (tokunutʻyun) — ability to endure hardship
  • Bulgarian: издръжливост (izdrǎžlivost) — ability to endure hardship
  • Finnish: kestävyys — ability to endure hardship
  • Finnish: sietokyky — ability to endure hardship
  • French: endurance — ability to endure hardship
  • German: Durchhaltevermögen — ability to endure hardship
  • German: Widerstandsfähigkeit — ability to endure hardship
  • Greek: ανθεκτικότητα (anthektikótita) — ability to endure hardship
  • Ancient Greek: ὑπομονή (hupomonḗ) — ability to endure hardship
  • Irish: acmhainn — ability to endure hardship
  • Irish: fulaingt — ability to endure hardship
  • Italian: capacità — ability to endure hardship
  • Italian: persistenza — ability to endure hardship
  • Italian: resistenza — ability to endure hardship
  • Italian: tolleranza — ability to endure hardship
  • Latin: perpessiō — ability to endure hardship
  • Latin: firmitās — ability to endure hardship
  • Māori: manawaroa — ability to endure hardship
  • Portuguese: firmeza — ability to endure hardship
  • Romanian: răbdare — ability to endure hardship
  • Russian: выно́сливость (vynóslivostʹ) — ability to endure hardship
  • Russian: сто́йкость (stójkostʹ) — ability to endure hardship
  • Swedish: tålan — ability to endure hardship
  • Swedish: tålamod — ability to endure hardship
  • Telugu: ఓపిక (ōpika) — ability to endure hardship
  • Turkish: dayanıklılık — ability to endure hardship
Real reading context

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