endure
To put up with something difficult for a long time.
endure in a sentence
- The shipwrecked sailors endured weeks of hunger and cold before rescue finally came.
- Camels can endure days of blazing desert heat without a single drink of water.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to endure?
- Acollapse
- Bstop
- Cquit
- Dbear
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D: bear. The other three mean the opposite of endure.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to endure?
- Abear
- Bquit
- Csuffer
- Dtolerate
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B: quit. The other three mean nearly the same as endure.
Words that mean something similar
bear, tolerate, suffer
Words that mean the opposite
quit, stop, collapse
More words about time & change
- ensue: To happen straight after something else, often because of it.
- evolve: To change and develop slowly over time.
- fatal: Causing death, or leading to complete failure.
- fleeting: Lasting only a very short time.
- frequent: Happening often.
- imminent: About to happen very soon.
- inaugural: Marking the start of something important, or being the very first of its kind.
- inaugurate: To open or start something officially with a ceremony.
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