Endurance | Mean of endurance in English Dictionary

/ɪnˈdɚrəns/

• Noun
• the ability to do something difficult for a long time
1. The exercise program is designed to increase both strength and endurance.
2. a test of endurance = an endurance test [=a task that tests your ability to do something difficult for a long time]
3. endurance training
• the ability to deal with pain or suffering that continues for a long time
1. The overseas flight tested our (powers of) endurance.
2. children who are teased beyond endurance [=for such a long time or to such a great degree that they can no longer deal with it]
• the quality of continuing for a long time
1. We need to assure the endurance [=survival] of this tradition.