MEANING
1. To bear or withstand pain, difficulty, or another demanding condition.
2. To continue in existence or remain effective over time.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- endure hardship
- endure an ordeal
On the page
They endured the crossing without knowing what awaited the return.
She had endured the uncertainty longer than the official record suggested.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- endure
- Past tense
- endured
- Past participle
- endured
- Present participle
- enduring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- endure
- Present continuous
- am/is/are enduring
- Present perfect
- have/has endured
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been enduring
- Past
- endured
- Past continuous
- was/were enduring
- Past perfect
- had endured
- Past perfect continuous
- had been enduring
- Future
- will endure
- Future continuous
- will be enduring
- Future perfect
- will have endured
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been enduring
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: endure; endures; endured; endured; enduring Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: endures.
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