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in-DY-oorr-uh-ns/ɪnˈdjʊərəns/

Endurance is the ability to keep going through pain or effort (uncountable): endurance training; a test of endurance. Endure is the verb (already in the dictionary). Stamina is a close twin in sport; patience is more about waiting. The trip is an endurance test. Do not use endurance for a five-minute wait.

Meaning

The ability to keep going through pain, effort, or a long test.

Examples

• “The expedition is an endurance test as much as a geography trip.”
• “He endured three hours of delay; endurance is the noun, which is the grammar pair.”

Good to know

endurance training / test; a feat of endurance. Verb: endure. Close: stamina. Uncountable. Sport, medicine, travel features. Not a short inconvenience.

Near in meaning

stamina

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