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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the period of time during which something continues;
[syn: duration, continuance]

2. the property of enduring or continuing in time;
[syn: duration, continuance]

3. continuance in time;
- Example: "the ceremony was of short duration"
- Example: "he complained about the length of time required"
[syn: duration, length]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Duration \Du*ra"tion\, n. [OF. duration. See Dure.]
   The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the
   portion of time during which anything exists.
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         It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should
         be limited.                              --Macaulay.
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         Soon shall have passed our own human duration. --D.
                                                  Webster.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

duration
    n 1: the period of time during which something continues [syn:
         duration, continuance]
    2: the property of enduring or continuing in time [syn:
       duration, continuance]
    3: continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration";
       "he complained about the length of time required" [syn:
       duration, length]