Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of withstanding wear and tear or decay.
- adjective Made to withstand repeated use over a relatively long period, usually several years or more.
- adjective Able to perform or compete over a long period, as by avoiding or overcoming injuries.
- adjective Lasting; stable.
- noun A good or product made to withstand repeated use over a relatively long period, usually several years or more.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the quality of lasting, or continuing long in being; not perishable or changeable; lasting; enduring: as, durable timber; durable cloth; durable happiness.
- Synonyms Permanent, Stable, etc. (see
lasting ), abiding, continuing, firm, strong, tough.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to
resist wear , decay;lasting ; enduring. - noun economics A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay
- adjective very long lasting
- adjective existing for a long time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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About 2.1 million manufacturing jobs have been lost since December 2007; the majority of this decline has occurred in durable goods manufacturing (-1.6 million).
Word on the Tweet: November unemployment 10.4%. [UPDATED] - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Exactly which government job was responsible for the increase in durable goods production and service sector jobs?
Word on the Tweet: November unemployment 10.4%. [UPDATED] - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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In my opinion, one of the things that makes 12 Angry Men so durable is the fact that it is firmly based in people.
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We need to see if the pitchers under the Texas system remain durable and how many more innings they pitch over an extended time.
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There might need to be a small investment in durable items, but after that the change will save money.
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The business of marketers should be to invest in durable, authentic content and experiences for their customers, not coming up with increasingly effective ways of taking them to the cleaners.
Micromedia futures or the emperor’s new clothes? « Innovation Cloud 2008
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Ahead of the Christmas shopping season, prices for consumer and medium-term durable goods increased compared with last month.
German Consumer Prices Rise Emese Bartha 2010
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The business of marketers should be to invest in durable, authentic content and experiences for their customers, not coming up with increasingly effective ways of taking them to the cleaners.
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We've seen regrettably terrible conflicts of this nature in the past and, whether we're horrified because we see civilian casualties in Gaza or civilian casualties in Israel, we're horrified because of all of these examples show the ongoing need for a long-term durable peace.
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Lankan Foreign Minister when he was in Australia in the course of last year - that the only viable solution to the Sri Lankan difficulty is a long-term durable political solution.
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