endurance
noun/ɪnˈdjʊərəns/
/ɪnˈdʊrəns/
[uncountable]- the ability to continue doing something painful or difficult for a long period of time without giving up
- He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness.
- This event tests both physical and mental endurance.
- The task was a test of their powers of endurance.
- beyond endurance They were humiliated beyond endurance.
- The party turned out to be more of an endurance test than a pleasure.
Extra Examples- Heavy manual work calls for strength and endurance.
- Running a marathon is seen by many as the ultimate test of endurance.
- He showed great endurance in the face of pain.
- She was almost at the limits of her endurance.
- Swimming a little farther each session will build endurance.
- The astronauts will undergo a series of trials to test their physical and mental endurance in space.
- They are capable of amazing feats of endurance.
- This behaviour is beyond endurance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- long
- remarkable
- …
- have
- show
- test
- …
- test
- exercise
- training
- …
- beyond endurance
- a feat of endurance
- the limit of your endurance
- the limits of your endurance
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘continued existence, ability to last’; formerly also as indurance): from Old French, from endurer ‘make hard’, from Latin indurare ‘harden’, from in- ‘in’ + durus ‘hard’.
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