As an adjective durable
is able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.
As a noun durable
is (economics) a durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
As a verb endure is
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durable English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.
Synonyms
* permanent
Antonyms
* weak
* vulnerable
* transitory
Noun
( en noun)
(economics) A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
*
Antonyms
* nondurable
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endure English
Alternative forms
* enduer (obsolete)
* indure (obsolete)
Verb
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
- The singer's popularity endured for decades.
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
To last.
- Our love will endure forever.
* Bible, Job viii. 15
- He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure .
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14
- Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
To suffer patiently.
- He endured years of pain.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=April 11
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
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, passage=Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. }}
(obsolete) To indurate.
Synonyms
* (l)
Related terms
* endurance
* enduring
* enduro
References
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