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{
"term": "endure",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "endure",
"heSheIt": "endures"
},
"pastSimple": "endured",
"pastParticiple": "endured",
"ingForm": "enduring"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to experience and deal with something that is painful or unpleasant without giving up",
"sensetop": "endure somethingendure doing somethingendure to do something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They had to endure a long wait before the case came to trial.",
"contextForm": "endure something"
},
{
"text": "She could not endure the thought of parting."
},
{
"text": "The pain was almost too great to endure."
},
{
"text": "a love that endures all things and never fails"
},
{
"text": "They had to endure the racist taunts of the crowd."
},
{
"text": "He can't endure being defeated.",
"contextForm": "endure doing something"
},
{
"text": "He can't endure to be defeated.",
"contextForm": "endure to do something"
}
],
"synonyms": "bear"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to continue to exist for a long time",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a success that will endure"
},
{
"text": "The torn flag has endured as a symbol of freedom."
}
],
"synonyms": "last1"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjʊə(r)/",
"audio": "en/endure/endure__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjʊəz/",
"audio": "en/endure/endures__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjʊəd/",
"audio": "en/endure/endured__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdjʊərɪŋ/",
"audio": "en/endure/enduring__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdʊr/",
"audio": "en/endure/endure__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdʊrz/",
"audio": "en/endure/endures__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdʊrd/",
"audio": "en/endure/endured__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ/",
"audio": "en/endure/enduring__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare ‘harden’, from in- ‘in’ + durus ‘hard’."
}