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enduring
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en·dur·ing

enduring

 
pronunciation:
ihn du rIng
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: long-lasting, permanent, chronic, or persistent.
Poverty is an enduring ill.an enduring fame
antonyms:
fleeting, short-lived
similar words:
abiding, eternal, everlasting, lasting, long-lasting, longstanding, persistent, stable
definition 2: forbearing, patient, or long-suffering.
similar words:
meek
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)enduring most, relatively, surely
(adj.)enduring + noun accomplishment, achievement, affection, alliance, allure, appeal, attraction, beauty, belief, bond, characteristic, classic, commitment, conflict, connection, contribution, controversy, cooperation, creation, democracy, dilemma, effect, element, fame, fantasy, fascination, favorite, feature, freedom, friendship, frustration, genre, hardship, hit, humanity, icon, ideal, image, impact, importance, impression, imprint, influence, institution, legacy, legend, lesson, literature, love, marriage, memory, mystery, myth, organism, pain, partnership, passion, peace, personality, phenomenon, pop, popularity, poverty, presence, propensity, quality, quest, relationship, relevance, representation, reputation, romance, satisfaction, significance, solution, stockpile, strength, struggle, substance, success, surgery, symbol, tension, theme, tie, torture, tradition, trait, tribute, value, virtue, wilderness, works [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: enduringly (adv.), enduringness (n.)