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# stamina

noun (stamina — uncountable)

«stamina» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

## 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stamina/#x1)
- == Chapter 2 == \[2:1\] There are twenty-two letters, stamina. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stamina/#x2)
- 2) Air emanated from the spirit by which He formed and established twenty-two consonants, stamina. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stamina/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stamina» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamina/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «stamina» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stamina/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stamina» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stamina.html) on Mova free.