duration
NounUS[door-ey-shuhn]/ˈdʊˈreɪʃən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- the period of time during which something continuesSynonyms: continuanceType of time period, period of timeKinds span, clocking, value, longueur, stretch, rule, residence time, time scale
- the property of enduring or continuing in timeSynonyms: continuanceType of time
- continuance in time“the ceremony was of short duration”“he complained about the length of time required”Synonyms: lengthType of temporal propertyKinds brevity, permanence, lengthiness, longness, endlessness, shortness, impermanenceAttribute of long, short
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Du·ra′tion noun
Origin: OF. duration. See Dure.
The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.
It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Soon shall have passed our own human duration.— Daniel Webster
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54