endurance
noun/ɪnˈdʊrəns/
Frequency rank: #5,741 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the ability to keep doing something difficult or painful over a long period of time
Example sentence
She trained every day to build the endurance needed to finish the marathon.
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