Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time.

  2. (intransitive)To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism).

Forms

perdures, perduring, perdured, perdured
Base formperdure · to perdure
3rd person singularperdures
Present participleperduring
Past simpleperdured
Past participleperdured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyperdure
he, she, itperdures

Past simpleLesson

all personsperdured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave perdured
he, she, ithas perdured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill perdure

Word family

2 related words
Derivedperdurabilityperduringly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
perchC2percolatorpercussionperditionperegrineperemptory
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