endurance

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great, long (esp. AmE), remarkable

▪ sheer

▪ mental, physical

▪ human

VERB + ENDURANCE

▪ have, show

▪

She showed great endurance in the face of pain.

▪ test

▪

The astronauts will undergo a series of trials to test their physical and mental endurance in space.

▪ build, build up, enhance, improve, increase

▪

Swimming a little farther each session will build endurance.

ENDURANCE + NOUN

▪ test

▪ exercise, training

▪ athlete, runner

▪ race

PREPOSITION

▪ beyond endurance

▪

He felt he had been provoked beyond endurance.

▪

The shoes hurt her feet beyond endurance.

PHRASES

▪ a feat of endurance

▪

They are capable of amazing feats of endurance.

▪ the limit of your endurance, the limits of your endurance

▪

She was almost at the limits of her endurance.

▪ powers of endurance

▪

The task was a test of their powers of endurance.

▪ strength and endurance

▪

Heavy manual work calls for strength and endurance.

▪ a test of endurance

▪

Running a marathon is seen by many as the ultimate test of endurance.