endure · verb
Meanings and examples
To experience something painful or difficult without giving up.
The family endured months of uncertainty while waiting to learn whether they could return to their home.
She endured repeated criticism but continued to defend the decision she believed would protect her team.
Travellers had to endure a long delay in a crowded hall with very little information available.
His account focuses on how ordinary people endured hardship while continuing to care for those around them.
Forms
- endure base form
- endures third-person singular present
- endured past tense; past participle
- enduring present participle