|  endure 
  
 
 1. put up with something or somebody unpleasant (Freq. 6)
 - I cannot bear his constant criticism
 - The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
 - he learned to tolerate the heat
 - She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
 • Syn:
 digest, stick out, stomach, bear, stand,
 tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sufferance (for: suffer), abidance (for: abide), tolerant (for: tolerate), toleration (for: tolerate), tolerance (for: tolerate), bearable (for: bear), endurance
 • Hypernyms:
 permit, allow, let, countenance
 • Hyponyms:
 accept, live with, swallow, stand for, hold still for,
 bear up, take lying down, take a joke, sit out, pay
 • Verb Group:
 suffer
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Somebody ----s PP  (for: put up)
 - Sam cannot endure Sue
 2. face and withstand with courage (Freq. 4)
 - She braved the elements
 • Syn:
 weather, brave, brave out
 • Derivationally related forms:
 brave (for: brave)
 • Hypernyms:
 defy, withstand, hold, hold up
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Something ----s something
 3. continue to live through hardship or adversity (Freq. 4)
 - We went without water and food for 3 days
 - These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
 - The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
 - how long can a person last without food and water?
 • Syn:
 survive, last, live, live on, go,
 hold up, hold out
 • Derivationally related forms:
 endurance, survival (for: survive)
 • Hyponyms:
 stand up, hold up, hold water, perennate, live out
 • Verb Group:
 be, live, exist, survive, subsist
 • Entailment:
 be, live
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s
 - Somebody ----s
 - Somebody ----s something
 4. undergo or be subjected to (Freq. 2)
 - He suffered the penalty
 - Many saints suffered martyrdom
 • Syn:
 suffer
 • Ant:
 enjoy (for: suffer)
 • Hypernyms:
 experience, see, go through
 • Hyponyms:
 tolerate, die
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 5. last and be usable
 - This dress wore well for almost ten years
 • Syn:
 wear, hold out
 • Derivationally related forms:
 wearable (for: wear)
 • Hypernyms:
 last
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s Adjective/Noun
 - Something ----s something
 6. persist for a specified period of time
 - The bad weather lasted for three days
 • Syn:
 last
 • Hypernyms:
 measure
 • Hyponyms:
 run, run for, wear, hold out, drag on, drag out
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s something
 7. continue to exist
 - These stories die hard
 - The legend of Elvis endures
 • Syn:
 prevail, persist, die hard, run
 • Derivationally related forms:
 diehard (for: die hard), persistent (for: persist), prevalence (for: prevail), prevalent (for: prevail)
 • Hypernyms:
 continue
 • Hyponyms:
 carry over, reverberate
 • Verb Group:
 run
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s
 
 
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