duration
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2.8
- noun
- /dʊˈreɪʃən/
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duración
- Yeah, I'm going to be stationed in Beaverfield for the duration of construction.
- a long duration
- average duration
- mean duration
This technique is just meant to decrease the duration of the walkover.
- This technique is just meant to decrease the duration of the walkover.
- Are periods not that regular in terms of duration of the menstrual cycle?
- Think of light intensity, duration, color and time of day.
- But prioritize the duration of sleep for adolescents and teens.
- And effort is certainly one, duration is another.
- OK, so your thinking is and, and the bond duration, where are we sitting now?
- I, I fear that that would jeopardize the duration of your career.
- And both rats got the same degree of shock for the same duration of time.
- And the studio is now a mixing studio for the duration of mixing.
- It's a, its duration is about four years, a little bit less than four years.
Examples
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The process goes forward relentlessly, although the duration of its various phases varies from case to case.
Fiction book (1996) -
Providing women with pumping equipment increases breastfeeding duration after they return to work.
Academic text (2011) -
Jack and I will be working together for the duration of the film.
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Neither one of us said another word for the duration of the long ride home.
Fiction book (1997) -
So in other words, the duration of infection was quite long.
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I'm here for the duration.
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You'll be staying here for the duration.
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For the duration of this battle, I would prefer to be called G-Cat.
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Jack and I will be working together for the duration of the film.
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However, the park would be closed for the duration, meaning nobody else can use it.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
A length of time with a clear start and end, like a class or game segment
213
1.0
The amount of time something lasts
30
5.7
A period when something keeps going without stopping
4
3.3
A period between two events that you can measure
1
3.4
Time that passes between two events
An old word for the length of time something lasts
The state of lasting over time
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
duration = dur + ation
Formed from the Latin combining form 'dur-' (meaning 'to last') plus the nominalizing suffix '-ation'; the root is not a standalone modern English word, so the relation is not fully transparent to average learners.
Etymology
Duration comes from the Latin root durare, which means 'to last' or 'to continue'. Think of durable or endure — they all mean something lasts, so duration is the length of time something lasts.