2 V-PASSIVE If someone's driving licence is endorsed , an official record is made on it that they have been found guilty of a driving offence. [BRIT ] □ [be V -ed] For failing to report the accident, his licence was endorsed. □ [have n V -ed + with ] He also had his licence endorsed with eight penalty points.
3 VERB When you endorse a cheque, you write your name on the back of it so that it can be paid into someone's bank account. □ [V n] The payee of the cheque must endorse the cheque.
4 VERB If you endorse a product or company, you appear in advertisements for it. □ [V n] The twins endorsed a line of household cleaning products.
en|dorse|ment / I ndɔː r smənt/ (endorsements )
1 N‑COUNT An endorsement is a statement or action which shows that you support or approve of something or someone. □ [+ for ] This is a powerful endorsement for his softer style of government.
2 N‑COUNT An endorsement is a note on someone's driving licence saying that they have been found guilty of a driving offence. [BRIT ]
3 N‑COUNT An endorsement for a product or company involves appearing in advertisements for it or showing support for it.
en|dow / I ndaʊ / (endows , endowing , endowed )
1 VERB [usu passive] You say that someone is endowed with a particular desirable ability, characteristic, or possession when they have it by chance or by birth. □ [be V -ed + with ] You are endowed with wealth, good health and a lively intellect.
2 VERB If you endow something with a particular feature or quality, you provide it with that feature or quality. □ [V n + with ] Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours.
3 VERB If someone endows an institution, scholarship, or project, they provide a large amount of money which will produce the income needed to pay for it. □ [V n] The ambassador has endowed a $1 million public-service fellowships program.
4 → see also well-endowed
en|dow|ment / I ndaʊ mənt/ (endowments )
1 N‑COUNT An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income. □ …the National Endowment for the Arts.
2 N‑COUNT If someone has an endowment of a particular quality or ability, they possess it naturally. [FORMAL ]
3 N‑COUNT [usu N n] In finance, an endowment policy or mortgage is an insurance policy or mortgage which you pay towards each month and which should then provide you with enough money to pay for your house at the end of a fixed period. [BRIT ]
e nd pro d|uct (end products ) N‑COUNT The end product of something is the thing that is produced or achieved by means of it. □ [+ of ] It is the end product of exhaustive research and development.
e nd re|su lt (end results ) N‑COUNT The end result of an activity or a process is the final result that it produces. □ [+ of ] The end result of this will be unity.
en|dur|ance / I ndjʊə rəns, [AM ] -dʊ r-/ N‑UNCOUNT Endurance is the ability to continue with an unpleasant or difficult situation, experience, or activity over a long period of time. □ The exercise obviously will improve strength and endurance.
en|dure / I ndjʊə r , [AM ] -dʊ r/ (endures , enduring , endured )
1 VERB If you endure a painful or difficult situation, you experience it and do not avoid it or give up, usually because you cannot. □ [V n] The company endured heavy financial losses.
2 VERB If something endures , it continues to exist without any loss in quality or importance. □ [V ] Somehow the language endures and continues to survive. ● en|dur|ing ADJ [usu ADJ n] □ …the start of an enduring friendship.
e nd u ser (end users ) also end-user N‑COUNT The end user of a product or service is the person that it has been designed for, rather than the person who installs or maintains it. □ You have to be able to describe things in a form that the end user can understand.
e nd zone (end zones ) N‑COUNT In American football, an end zone is one of the areas at each end of the field that the ball must cross for a touchdown to be scored.
en|ema /e n I mə/ (enemas ) N‑COUNT If someone has an enema , a liquid is put into their bottom in order to make them empty their bowels, for example before they have an operation.
en|emy ◆◇◇ /e nəmi/ (enemies )
1 N‑COUNT If someone is your enemy , they hate you or want to harm you.
2 N‑COUNT If someone is your enemy , they are opposed to you and to what you think or do. □ The Government's political enemies were quick to pick up on this series of disasters.
3 N‑SING [with sing or pl verb, N n] The enemy is an army or other force that is opposed to you in a war, or a country with which your country is at war. □ The enemy were pursued for two miles. □ He searched the skies for enemy bombers.
4 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If one thing is the enemy of another thing, the second thing cannot happen or succeed because of the first thing. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] Reform, as we know, is the enemy of revolution.
en|er|get|ic /e nə r dʒe t I k/
1 ADJ If you are energetic in what you do, you have a lot of enthusiasm and determination. □ Blackwell is 59, strong looking and enormously energetic. □ The next government will play an energetic role in seeking multilateral nuclear disarmament. ● en|er|geti|cal|ly /e nə r dʒe t I kli/ ADV [ADV with v] □ He had worked energetically all day on his new book.