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Definition: DURE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.[Websters]
2. To last; to continue; to endure.[Websters]
3. Being severe, astringent, rigorous, violent or bitter. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Adjective base of the adverb durely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(durely)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective dure.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Dure" is a common misspelling or typo for: sure, cure, dire, dude, Durex, Durer, duer.

Date "Dure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 990. (references)

Specialty Definition: DURE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] To last; to hold on in time or being; to continue; to endure. [This word is obsolete; endure being substituted.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Geography 1: Dure is geographically located in France. Its features include a stream (a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land). Its geographic coordinates are 43.3 degrees North latitude and 2.233333 degrees East longitude. (references)
  2: Dure is geographically located in Latvia. Its features include a stream (a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land). Its geographic coordinates are 56.85 degrees North latitude and 22.2 degrees East longitude. (references)
  3: Dure is geographically located in Mali. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 11.883333 degrees North latitude and 7.716667 degrees West longitude. (references)
  4: Dure is geographically located in Nigeria. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 11.3075475388326 degrees North latitude and 13.5946986913462 degrees East longitude. (references)
  5: Dure is geographically located in Uganda. Its features include a stream (a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land). Its geographic coordinates are 3.2 degrees North latitude and 32.766667 degrees East longitude. (references)
Wiktionary [Verb] (archaic) To last, continue, endure. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: DURE

Expressions Domain Definition
Peine forte et dure Law PEINE FORTE ET DURE, Eng. law A punishment formerly inflicted in England, on a person who, being arraigned of felony, refused to plead and put himself on his trial, and stubbornly stood mute. He was to be laid down and as much weight was to be put upon him as he could bear, and more, until he died. This barbarous punishment has been abolished. Vide Mute. (references)
Peine forte et dure Literature A species of torture applied to contumacious felons. In the reign of Henri IV. the accused was pressed to death by weights; in later reigns the practice prevailed of tying the thumbs tightly together with whipcord, to induce the accused to plead. The following persons were pressed to death by weights:- Juliana Quick, in 1442; Anthony Arrowsmith, in 1598; Walter Calverly, in 1605; Major Strangways, in 1657; and even in 1741 a person was pressed to death at the Cambridge assizes. Abolished 1772. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Topics by Level of Interest: DURE

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Pietre dure 14     Dure Limite 5
Pourvu Que Ça Dure - Chante En Français 5     Pietre dure 14
Dure Limite 5     Pourvu Que Ça Dure - Chante En Français 5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"dure" is a common misspelling or typo for: sure, cure, dire, dude, Durex, Durer, duer.

Synonyms: dure
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 dura, durance, durant.
Consider also: meninges, historian, historiographer, captivity.

Verb

 glaring.

Adjective

 hard, harsh, rough, severe, toilsome.
Consider also: exquisite, formal, formidable, furious, generous, gingery, gloomy, grasping, grave, great, grievous, grim, gritty, gruff, gusty, hairy.

Other

 duramen, gril, hard words, continue, endure, last.

Expression

 dura mater.
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Computed Synonyms: dure

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.2095   dure     severe     hard, strict, harsh, stern, rigorous   
 2   1.1095   dure     close     shut, closed, near, closing, finish   
 3   1.1093   dure     massive     solid, great, big, heavy, huge   
 4   1.1093   dure     inhumane     rough, horrible, harsh, tough, repulsive   
 5   1.1091   dure     unbearable     intolerable, insufferable, unendurable, insupportable, impossible   
 6   1.1091   dure     inexorable     unrelenting, relentless, implacable, inflexible, adamant   
 7   1.1089   dure     uncharitable     hard, grim, relentless, harsh, ruthless   
 8   1.0192   dure     deafening     choking, stifling, quelling, smothering, extinguishing   
 9   1.0096   dure     firm     solid, hard, stable, strong, steady   
 10   1.0094   dure     bitter     sharp, sour, severe, acerbic, acrid   
 11   1.0094   dure     aloud     loud, very, high, greatly, very much   
 12   1.0093   dure     brawny     sinewy, strong, hard, sturdy, tough   
 13   1.0092   dure     callous     unfeeling, heartless, hard, harsh, tough   
 14   1.0091   dure     embittered     bitter, furious, grim, angry, sour   
 15   1.0091   dure     astringent     harsh, severe, bitter, tart, acerbic   
--------------------     11 synonyms ranked from 16 to 26 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: dure

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.1088   dure     hard as stone     stony, Hards, hardheaded   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: dure

Context Synonyms within Context

Penalty

Peine forte et dure, pain, pains and penalties, atonement, penalty, penance, punishment, retribution, the devil to pay, weregild, wergild.

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Translations: DURE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 苛刻的 (slashing, dure, harsh, stern), 冷酷的 (remorseless, flinty, grim, mephistophelean, mephistophelian). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, dure. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 苛刻的 (harsh, slashing, dure, rigorous, stern), 冷酷的 (grim, bloodless, dure, flinty, kindless). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, dure. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch hart (hard, callous, hardly, harsh, rigorous). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, dure. (volunteer & more translations)
German hart (hard, callous, hardly, harsh, rigorous). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, dure. (volunteer & more translations)
High German hart (hard, callous, hardly, harsh, rigorous). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, dure. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch hart (hard, callous, hardly, harsh, rigorous). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, dure. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: DURE

Language Translations for “dure” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag dathagure (dure). Additional references: Athag, dure. (volunteer)
Double Dutch dagure (dure). Additional references: Double Dutch, dure. (volunteer)
Leet |)\/[z3 (dure). Additional references: Leet, dure. (volunteer)
Oppish dopure (dure). Additional references: Oppish, dure. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ureday (dure). Additional references: Pig Latin, dure. (volunteer)
Terran B hart (dure). Additional references: Terran B, dure. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi dubure (dure). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, dure. (volunteer)
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Bible Origins and Translations: DURE

Language Mark Chapter 1, Verse 33

Greek (transliterated), Septuagint - 250 BC

 kai h poliV olh episunhgmenh hn proV thn quran

Latin, Vulgate - 405

 et erat omnis civitas congregata ad ianuam

English, Old, West Saxon - 990

 & eall syo burhware wæs ge-gadered toþare dure

English, Middle, Wycliffe - 1395

 And al the citee was gaderid at the yate.

English, Renaissance, Tyndale - 1526

 And all the cite gaddred to gedder at the dore

English, Jacobean, King James - 1611

 And all the city was gathered together at the door.

English, Victorian, Webster - 1833

 And all the city was gathered at the door.

English, Basic, Ogden - 1964

 And all the town had come together at the door.

Bulgarian

 И като се свечери, когато залезе слънцето, доведоха при Него всичките болни и хванати от бяс.

Cebuano

 Ug ang mga tawo sa tibuok lungsod nanagtapok atbang sa pultahan.

Chinese

 合 城 的 人 都 聚 集 在 門 前 。

Croatian

 I sav je grad nagrnuo k vratima.

Danish

 og hele Byen var forsamlet foran Døren.

Dutch

 En de gehele stad was bijeenvergaderd omtrent de deur.

Finnish

 ja koko kaupunki oli koolla oven edessä.

French

 Et toute la ville était rassemblée devant sa porte.

Gaelic

 `S bha am baile uile air cruinneachadh aig an dorus.

German

 Und die ganze Stadt versammelte sich vor der Tür.

Haitian Creole

 Tout moun lavil la te sanble devan pòt kay la.

Hungarian

 És az egész város oda gyûlt vala az ajtó elé.

Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari

 Seluruh penduduk kota itu berkerumun di depan rumah itu.

Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama

 Maka seisi negeri itu pun berhimpunlah di muka pintu.

Italian

 Tutta la città era riunita davanti alla porta.

Korean

 온 동 네 가 문 앞 에 모 였 더 라

Maori

 A huihui katoa ana te pa ki te kuwaha.

Modern Greek

 και η πολις ολη ητο συνηγμενη εμπροσθεν της θυρας·

Norwegian

 og hele byen var samlet for døren.

Portuguese

 e toda a cidade estava reunida à porta;   

Rumanian

 Wi toatq cetatea era adunatq la uwq.

Russian

 й ЧЕУШ ЗПТПД УПВТБМУС Л ДЧЕТСН.

Shuar

 Tura Ashí Nú péprunmaya shuar taar Wáitiniam Jesusan Káutkarmiayi.

Spanish

 Toda la ciudad estaba reunida a la puerta.

Swahili

 Watu wote wa mji ule wakakusanyika nje ya mlango.

Swedish

 och hela staden var församlad utanför dörren.

Thai

 และคนทั้งเมืองก็แตกตื่นมาออกันอยู่ที่ประตู

Ukrainian

 І все місто зібралося перед дверима.

Uma

 Wori' pue' ngata tumai morumpu hi berewe tomi Simon.

Vietnamese

 Caû thaønh nhoùm laïi tröôùc cöûa.
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