{
    "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’."
}