ENDURANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endurance mean? 

• ENDURANCE (noun)
  The noun ENDURANCE has 2 senses:

1. the power to withstand hardship or stress

2. a state of surviving; remaining alive

  Familiarity information: ENDURANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDURANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The power to withstand hardship or stress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the marathon tests a runner's endurance

Hypernyms ("endurance" is a kind of...):

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endurance"):

sufferance (patient endurance especially of pain or distress)

stamina; staying power; toughness (enduring strength and energy)

long-sufferance; long-suffering (patient endurance of pain or unhappiness)

tolerance (the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions)

Derivation:

endure (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of surviving; remaining alive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

endurance; survival

Hypernyms ("endurance" is a kind of...):

aliveness; animation; life; living (the condition of living or the state of being alive)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endurance"):

subsistence (a means of surviving)

Derivation:

endure (continue to live and avoid dying)

 Context examples 

There was an endurance, as of perpetual youth, about him, which rose up and forbade the picture.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Nor was she long in discovering that her own strength and endurance had become part of the problem.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

You are strong in your numbers, for you can defy that which would break down the human endurance of one who had to guard alone.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I observed, upon that closer opportunity of observation, that she was worn and haggard, and that her sunken eyes expressed privation and endurance.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As early as two weeks after transplantation, the SEN mice showed impaired physical function as determined by maximum walking speed, muscle strength, physical endurance, daily activity, food intake, and body weight.

(Senolytic drugs reverse damage caused by senescent cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)

An assessment used to indicate a person's overall level of fitness, including tests used to assess a person's muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility.

(Integrated Fitness Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)

It is capable of considerable speed, combined with endurance.

(Cocker Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

NR mice also showed better muscular and grip strength, higher endurance, and improved gait compared to their control counterparts.

(Compound prevents neurological damage, shows cognitive benefits in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

The ESRRG gene improved endurance, enhanced development of blood vessels and was also important in improving function of mitochondria, the powerhouse of cells.

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It was the endurance of his mind that kept him going.

(White Fang, by Jack London)