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[ noun ] the power to withstand hardship or stress
Examples "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)But the Russians use gymnastics as the first_step in training for all other sports because it provides training in every basic quality except one , endurance . The addition of endurance training later , when the body is mature enough to benefit from it without danger of injury , provides that final quality that makes the top athlete , soldier or citizen . This is n't surprising when we consider that over 29 percent of the 11 - year old boys in America cannot chin themselves once , and that English school_girls outdo them in almost every test ( even dashes and endurance ) . Related terms strength tolerance stamina long-sufferance sufferance endure |
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[ noun ] a state of surviving; remaining alive
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