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    DURABILITY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or forceplay

    Example:

    they advertised the durability of their products

    Synonyms:

    durability; enduringness; lastingness; strength

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("durability" is a kind of...):

    permanence; permanency (the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "durability"):

    tensile strength (the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart)

    indestructibility (the strength to resist destruction)

    continuity; persistence (the property of a continuous and connected period of time)

    changelessness (the property of remaining unchanged)

    everlastingness (the property of lasting forever)

    Derivation:

    durable (existing for a long time)

    durable (very long lasting)

    durable (capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay)

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