Dictionary Definition
endurance
Noun
1 the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the
marathon tests a runner's endurance"
2 a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn:
survival]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
- He has great endurance, he ran a marathon and then rode his bicycle home.
- Ability to endure hardship.
Translations
The measure of a person's stamina or persistence
- Czech: vytrvalost
- Finnish: kestävyys, sietokyky (kestävyys- when used attributively)
Ability to endure hardship
Extensive Definition
Endurance is the ability for humans and animals
to exert themselves through aerobic
or anaerobic
exercise for relatively long periods of time. The definition of
'long' varies according to the type of exertion - minutes for high
intensity anaerobic exercise, hours or days for low intensity.
Training for endurance can have a negative impact on the ability to
exert strength
unless an individual also undertakes resistance
training to counteract this effect.
Endurance exercise
Endurance exercise or endurance training consists of performing low- to medium-intensity exercise for long periods of time. E.g., jogging or running several miles to hundreds of miles; cycling dozens of miles to thousands of miles; swimming hundreds of yards or meters to dozens of miles or km.Physical endurance is differentiated from other
forms of physical stress in that in endurance exercise fatigue of
the muscles and cardiovascular system do not force the effort to
end. The need for sleep, the buildup of non-recyclable waste
chemicals, the depletion of convertible energy stores and other
needed chemicals (e.g., water, sodium), physical injury,
psychological failure, or attainment of the goal will bring the
effort to an end.
Equestrian Sport
In equestrian sport, endurance
riding refers to long distance races (often 100 miles) by one
horse-rider pair. Endurance races were part of military history and
also have a place in the history of the American West. The Tevis Cup is a
famous race from the east to the west side of the Sierra
Nevada.
It is an international sport and is governed at
the international level by the Federation Equestre Internationale
(FEI).
The Shahzada is an
Australian National Event With Riders Travelling from all over the
Country to compete, it is a ride consisting of 160 km (or 100
miles) per day for 4 days.
In the UK the official Endurance Group is called
'Sport Endurance'.
Auto racing
In auto racing, endurance refers to long distance races, often leagues or more.References
endurance in German: Ausdauer
endurance in Esperanto: Eltenivo
endurance in French: Endurance
endurance in Hebrew: סבולת לב ריאה
endurance in Dutch: Uithoudingsvermogen
endurance in Japanese: 持久力
endurance in Norwegian: Utholdenhet
endurance in Portuguese: Estamina
endurance in Yiddish: דויערהאפטיג
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abidingness, acceptance, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog
tenacity, changelessness, concentration, constancy, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, decisiveness, defeat of
time, defiance of time, diligence, diuturnity, dogged
perseverance, doggedness, durability, durableness, duration, energy, engrossment, extension, fidelity, firmness, fixedness, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, force, fortitude, frozenness, guts, gutsiness, hardening, hardiness, heartiness, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, indefatigability,
indulgence, industriousness,
industry, insistence, insistency, intestinal
fortitude, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, lastingness, lengthening, lenience, leniency, lifetime, long standing,
long-lastingness, long-livedness, long-sufferance, long-suffering,
longanimity,
longevity, loyalty, lustihood, lustiness, maintenance, might, mightiness, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job,
patientness,
perdurability,
perennation,
permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuation, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness,
pertinacity,
plodding, plugging, potency, power, powerfulness, preoccupation, progress, progression, prolongation, protraction, pursuance, quiescence, relentlessness, repetition, resolution, rigidity, robustness, ruggedness, run, sedulity, sedulousness, self-control,
single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, solidity, stability, stalwartness, stamina, standing, stasis, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness,
stick-to-itiveness, sticking power, stoicism, stoutness, straight course,
strength, strength of
will, stubbornness,
sturdiness, sufferance, survival, survivance, sustained action,
sustenance, sweet
reasonableness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tirelessness, tolerance, toleration, torpor, toughness, unchangeability,
unchangingness,
uninterrupted course, unremittingness,
unswerving attention, vigor, vigorousness, vitality, waiting game, waiting
it out, way