duration

du·ra·tion  (d-rshn, dy-)

n.

1. Continuance or persistence in time.

2. A period of existence or persistence: sat quietly through the duration of the speech.

3. The number of years required to receive the present value of future payments, both of interest and principle, of a bond, often used as an indicator of a bond's price volatility resulting from changes in interest rates.

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[Middle English duracioun, from Old French duration, from Medieval Latin drti, drtin-, from Latin drtus, past participle of drre, to last; see deu- in Indo-European roots.]

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duration [djʊˈreɪʃən]

n

the length of time that something lasts or continues

[from Medieval Latin dūrātiō, from Latin dūrāre to last]

durational  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	duration - the period of time during which something continues continuance period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" clocking - the time taken to traverse a measured course; "it was a world record clocking" longueur - a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art) residence time - the period of time spent in a particular place span - the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour" stint, stretch - an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary" time scale - an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration; "on the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment" note value, time value, value - (music) the relative duration of a musical note rule - the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth"
	2.	duration - the property of enduring or continuing in time continuance time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
	3.	duration - continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required" length temporal property - a property relating to time longness - duration as an extension protraction, lengthiness, prolongation, continuation - the consequence of being lengthened in duration endlessness - the property of being (or seeming to be) without end shortness - the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time" brevity, briefness, transience - the attribute of being brief or fleeting permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration impermanence, impermanency - the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations

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duration

noun length, time, period, term, stretch, extent, spell, span the duration of the trial

Translations

duration [djʊəˈreɪʃən] N → duración f
courses are of two years' duration → los cursos tienen una duración de dos años
for the duration of the war → mientras dure la guerra

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duration [djʊˈreɪʃ^ən] n → durée f
for the duration of the holiday → pendant la durée des vacances, pour la durée des vacances
of 8 months' duration → d'une durée de 8 mois
for the duration (= for the whole time) → jusqu'à la fin

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duration

n (of play, war etc) → Länge f, → Dauer f; for the duration of → für die Dauer (+gen), → während (+gen); of long/short duration → von langer/kurzer Dauer; after a struggle of six years’ duration → nach sechsjährigem Kampf; he joined up for the duration → er hat sich bis zum Ende verpflichtet; it looks as though we are here for the duration (inf) → es sieht so aus, als ob wir bis zum Ende hier sind

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duration [djʊ/əˈreɪʃ/ən] n → durata
of 6 years' duration → della durata di 6 anni

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duration [djʊ/əˈreɪʃ/ən] n → durata
of 6 years' duration → della durata di 6 anni

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duration

n duration [djuˈreiʃən]

the length of time anything continues We all had to stay indoors for the duration of the storm. tydsduur مُدَّه، دَوام продължителност trvání varighed die Dauer διάρκεια duración kestus مدت kesto durée מֶשֶך זְמָן अवधि trajanje (idő)tartam selama tímalengd; sá tími sem e-ð stendur yfir durata 持続期間 계속 기간 trukmė tik ilgi, kamēr; uz (kaut kādu) laiku jangka masa duur varighet, tidslengde, så lenge noe varer, inntil videre trwanie duração durată продолжительность trvanie trajanje trajanje varaktighet ช่วงเวลา süre 持續時間 тривалість کسی چیز کے جاری رہنے کی مدّت khoảng thời gian 持续时间

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duration → مُدَّة trvání varighed Dauer διάρκεια duración kesto durée trajanje durata 持続期間 기간 duur varighet czas trwania duração длительность varaktighet ช่วงเวลา süre khoảng thời gian 持续