Endures

Endures is the third-person singular present tense of the verb endure. The core senses are to withstand hardship or adversity, to continue to exist or persist over time, and to tolerate or bear something unpleasant. It is commonly used of people or things that do not give way under pressure, such as a structure that endures decades of use, a person who endures pain, or a tradition that endures through generations.

Usage notes: Endure can be transitive or intransitive. Intransitive uses often focus on persistence through time or hardship: for example, The city endures despite its challenges. Transitive uses take a direct object: to endure a test, to endure the cold. Common collocations include endure hardship, endure a storm, endure criticism, and endure the passage of time. The form endures is used only with third-person singular subjects; the past tense is endured, and the present participle or gerund is enduring.

Etymology: Endure comes from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare “to harden,” via in- + durare. The sense of lasting through difficulty developed in Middle English. The related noun endurance refers to the capacity or act of enduring.

See also: endurance, persistent, perseverance.

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