stamina

Everyday

The strength and energy to keep doing something hard, especially physical activity, for a long time without getting tired. tree →

In the lessons

In PE and sport lessons stamina is built by running, swimming and cycling regularly; long-distance runners need lots of it. Health lessons connect stamina with a strong heart and lungs. It is also used for mental effort: "It takes stamina to finish a big project." Phrases: build up stamina, have the stamina to, lack stamina.

Examples

• Running every day builds up your stamina. tree →
• Marathon runners need huge stamina. tree →
• I don't have the stamina to walk up that mountain. tree →
• Swimming is great for stamina. tree →
• Doing a hundred spellings in one go takes stamina! tree →
• The puppy has endless stamina for playing fetch. tree →
• The team lost because they ran out of stamina in the second half. tree →

Note

Uncountable: "stamina", not "a stamina" or "staminas". Pronounced STAM-in-a. Similar: endurance. Strength means how much you can lift; stamina means how long you can keep going.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means the twenty-two foundation letters, the basic threads from which God formed everything.

Interpretation. The book teaches that God made the world from the twenty-two letters, which He engraved, carved and combined. Translator Kalisch used the Latin word for "threads" to mean the basic elements.

Examples

• The twenty-two letters which form the stamina (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• == Chapter 2 == [2:1] There are twenty-two letters, stamina. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 2) Air emanated from the spirit by which He formed and established twenty-two consonants, stamina. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Uncountable: "stamina", not "a stamina" or "staminas". Pronounced STAM-in-a. Similar: endurance. Strength means how much you can lift; stamina means how long you can keep going.