| endure | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "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" |
| ~ live with, accept, swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to.; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" |
| ~ hold still for, stand for | tolerate or bear.; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" |
| ~ bear up | endure cheerfully.; "She bore up under the enormous strain" |
| ~ take lying down | suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively.; "I won't take this insult lying down" |
| ~ take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense.; "Can't you take a joke?" |
| ~ sit out | endure to the end. |
| ~ pay | bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action.; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| v. (stative) | 2. brave, brave out, endure, weather | face and withstand with courage.; "She braved the elements" |
| ~ defy, withstand, hold up, hold | resist or confront with resistance.; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" |
| v. (stative) | 3. endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "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?" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ subsist, exist, survive, live | support oneself.; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" |
| ~ hold water, stand up, hold up | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc..; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" |
| ~ perennate | survive from season to season, of plants. |
| ~ live out | live out one's life; live to the end. |
| v. (perception) | 4. endure, suffer | undergo or be subjected to.; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" |
| ~ tolerate | have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition.; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him" |
| ~ die | suffer or face the pain of death.; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (stative) | 5. endure, hold out, wear | last and be usable.; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" |
| ~ last, endure | persist for a specified period of time.; "The bad weather lasted for three days" |
| v. (stative) | 6. endure, last | persist for a specified period of time.; "The bad weather lasted for three days" |
| ~ run for, run | extend or continue for a certain period of time.; "The film runs 5 hours" |
| ~ measure | have certain dimensions.; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches" |
| ~ hold out, endure, wear | last and be usable.; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" |
| ~ drag on, drag out | last unnecessarily long. |
| v. (stative) | 7. die hard, endure, persist, prevail, run | continue to exist.; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" |
| ~ continue | exist over a prolonged period of time.; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" |
| ~ carry over | transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another. |
| ~ run | occur persistently.; "Musical talent runs in the family" |
| ~ reverberate | have a long or continuing effect.; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life" |
| stamina | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. stamina, staying power, toughness | enduring strength and energy. |
| ~ endurance | the power to withstand hardship or stress.; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" |
| ~ legs | staying power.; "that old Broadway play really has legs" |
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