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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