enduring
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɚ.ɪŋ/, /ɪnˈdɝ.ɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈdjɔː.ɹɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹɪŋ
- Hyphenation: en‧dur‧ing
Adjective
enduring (comparative more enduring, superlative most enduring)
- Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.
- an enduring belief in democracy
Synonyms
- diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
Derived terms
Translations
long-lasting
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Noun
enduring (plural endurings)
- endurance
- 1854, James Kennedy, Probable Origin of the American Indians, page 14:
- It could be only long years of privations and endurings of hardships that could enable the Esquimaux to traverse over those icy regions with the facilities they have learned to practise […]
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