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endurance
[ en-door-uhns, -dyoor- ]
noun
- the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
- the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina:
He has amazing physical endurance.
- lasting quality; duration:
His friendships have little endurance.
- something endured, as a hardship; trial.
endurance
/ ɪˈʊəəԲ /
noun
- the capacity, state, or an instance of enduring
- something endured; a hardship, strain, or privation
Word History and Origins
Origin of endurance1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She taught me more in 20 seconds — a new way to listen, feel and understand — than I’d learned in 30 years of psychoanalysis and endurance sports.
But I got into a place where it was two weeks of this incredible endurance exercise.
But our marriage was not filled with disasters, and there were breaks in the clouds that evinced Mark’s unwavering endurance and depth.
Despite her success and sporting background, she says Monday's challenge would be about endurance and much more of a "mental battle".
It combines strength training, cardiovascular exercise and muscular endurance, with exercises performed at a very slow tempo, so muscles experience more time under tension.
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