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endurance

[ en-door-uhns, -dyoor- ]

noun

  1. the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
  2. the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina:

    He has amazing physical endurance.

  3. lasting quality; duration:

    His friendships have little endurance.

  4. something endured, as a hardship; trial.


endurance

/ ɪˈʊəəԲ /

noun

  1. the capacity, state, or an instance of enduring
  2. something endured; a hardship, strain, or privation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endurance1

First recorded in 1485–95; endure + -ance
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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.

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But I got into a place where it was two weeks of this incredible endurance exercise.

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But our marriage was not filled with disasters, and there were breaks in the clouds that evinced Mark’s unwavering endurance and depth.

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Despite her success and sporting background, she says Monday's challenge would be about endurance and much more of a "mental battle".

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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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