endurance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: endurance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for endurance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endurance n the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" a state of surviving; remaining alive Synonym(s): survival, endurance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Endurance \Endur"ance\, n. [Cf. OF. endurance. See {Endure}.] 1. A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance. Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance* of his own possession. --Sir W. Scott. 2. The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience. Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death. --Sir W. Temple. Syn: Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.