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# stamina

«stamina» in Mova's school dictionary: **The strength and energy to keep doing something hard…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (stamina — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The strength and energy to keep doing something hard, especially physical activity, for a long time without getting tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#m1)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#x1)
- Marathon runners need huge stamina. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#x2)
- I don't have the stamina to walk up that mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#x3)
- Swimming is great for stamina. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#x4)
- Doing a hundred spellings in one go takes stamina! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#x5)
- The puppy has endless stamina for playing fetch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#x6)
- The team lost because they ran out of stamina in the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/#x7)

### 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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stamina» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.