| Main Entry: |
endure |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
bear hardship |
Synonyms: |
abide,
accustom,
allow, be patient with, bear the brunt,
brave,
brook, cope with,
countenance,
eat,
encounter,
experience,
face,
feel,
go through, grin and bear it, hang in, keep up,
know, live out, live through, meet with, never say die,
permit, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out, sit through,
stand,
stick, stick it out,
stomach*, subject to, submit to,
suffer,
support,
sustain,
swallow*,
take, take it, take patiently,
tolerate,
undergo,
weather,
withstand
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| Notes: |
to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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