Definitions for enduring

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enduring en·dur·ing

Spelling: [en-doo r-ing, -dyoo r-]

IPA: /ɛnˈdʊər ɪŋ, -ˈdyʊər-/

Enduring is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 213 anagrams from letters in enduring (deginnru).

Definitions for enduring

adjective

1. lasting; permanent:
2. patient; long-suffering.

verb (used with object)

1. to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
2. to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate:
3. to admit of; allow; bear:

verb (used without object)

1. to continue to exist; last:
2. to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently:
3. to have or gain continued or lasting acknowledgment or recognition, as of worth, merit or greatness:

Origin of enduring

First recorded in 1525-35; endure + -ing²

Examples for enduring

But enduring philosophy comes only with time; and he was young.

The Italian soldier is not impressive as to stature, but he is tough and enduring.

Cruising the Caribbean, enjoying beaches... enduring Persecution as an American Christian sounds horrible.

Call it tragic, call it comic, or call it both: The most enduring legacy of Viagra might be erectile dysfunction jokes.

Statistics are one thing, enduring the jailhouse ordeal another.

But the enduring response—stop the world, I want to get off—is the same.

After enduring it for twenty-four hours he was led out to execution.

Only enduring unrest till the darkness possess it, the last day.

It won her the enduring love of the children whom she taught as a governess.

But several of these words and phrases do manage to secure an enduring place in the English language.