Words / B2

in-DY-oor/ɪnˈdjʊə/

To endure is to go through something difficult for a long time without giving up: endure pain, endure a wait. Put up with is everyday and often smaller; survive stresses coming out alive. A second sense is “last”: the custom has endured for centuries. Endurance is the noun (physical endurance). It is slightly literary in speech; I put up with it is plainer.

Meaning

To suffer something difficult for a long time without giving up.

Examples

• “They endured a long wait at the airport.”
• “Patients endured long delays in the corridor.”
• “That wooden bridge has endured fifty winters.”

Good to know

endure hardship / a wait. Also: last over time. Everyday: put up with. Noun: endurance.

Near in meaning

put up with

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