endure.md

Definitions

To endure is to remain present within a specific context throughout a specific period.

Duration is the period which a specific element endures within a specific context.

Durability is a trait which represents the relative predicted duration of a specific element as compared to alternatives.

During is a preposition which limits the context of a concept to a specific interval of time.

Notes

Endure and persist are practically equivalent (and, don't need separate formal definitions), but durable and persistent are not equivalent. (Persistent is a strictly specialized type of durable.)

The context within which an element endures may have widely variable temporal limits. For example, an ocean may endure indefinitely on a specific planet, depending on climate-- but it would not survive the planet's destruction. Likewise, elements may endure indefinitely during very brief but contextually crucial intervals.

Synonym(s)

persist

Related Terms

• permanence: Agents often use permanence in ways which are practically synonymous with durable or persistent. However, permanence has also often been used for (non-logical) claims about elements supposedly lasting forever, or existing outside of the spacetime continuum.

• indelible