duration

UK /dʒʊˈɹeɪʃn̩/ US /dəˈɹeɪʃn̩/

noun 3

Definitions

noun

An amount of time or a particular time interval.

The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.

She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.

The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.

Rationing will last at least for the duration.

A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

brief, short

long

indefinite

maximum

overall, total

The total duration of the film including credits was almost three hours.

average, expected, likely

The average duration of a typical flight from London to Paris is about two hours.

PREP

for the ~ (of)

The children remained quiet for the duration of the film.

of ~

The intensive training program was of three months duration.

throughout the ~ of

The music played throughout the duration of the entire ceremony.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — continuance in time

length

noun — the property of enduring or continuing in time

continuance

noun — the period of time during which something continues

continuance

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.

Wiktionary

She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.

Wiktionary

To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.

Wiktionary

Rapidity of rise may be inversely proportional to duration at altitude.

Tatoeba · #2042067

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

Tatoeba · #3073279

Clearly, the Time Traveller proceeded, any real body must have extension in four directions: it must have Length, Breadth, Thickness, and Duration.

Tatoeba · #3719333

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