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duration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (California, Southern) audio
• audio Colorado
• /djʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ without the yod-coalescence
• /dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ yod-coalescence
• /djəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An amount of time or a particular time interval.
   • She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.
   • The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.
   • 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. 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
   • an intermission of 15 minutes' duration
2. (countable, not followed by "of", singular, uncountable) The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
   • Rationing will last at least for the duration.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

durational · durative · durationless

Relateds

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Translations (71)

ka ხანგრძლივობა (amount of time) · ro durată (amount of time) · pl trwanie (amount of time) · uk трива́лість (amount of time) · cs trvání (amount of time) · fi kesto (amount of time) · cmn 為期 /为期 (amount of time) · nl tijdsduur (amount of time) · da varighed (amount of time) · ms tempoh (amount of time) · fi aikaväli (amount of time) · gl dura (amount of time) · nb varighet (amount of time) · fa درازنای (amount of time) · ms durasi (amount of time) · pt duração (amount of time) · el διάρκεια (amount of time) · ka ვადა (amount of time) · sv tidslängd (amount of time) · ko 지속 (amount of time) · ja 存続 (amount of time) · be праця́гласць (amount of time) · ca durada (amount of time) · ar مُدَّة (amount of time) · hu időtartam (amount of time) · bg продължителност (amount of time) · cy ystod (amount of time) · es duración (amount of time) · cmn 期間 /期间 (amount of time) · az müddət (amount of time) · la diurnitās (amount of time) · sl trajanje (amount of time) · tr süre (amount of time) · ms jangka masa (amount of time) · ms masa (amount of time) · oc durada (amount of time) · is tímalengd (amount of time) · bg времетраене (amount of time) · cmn 時間 /时间 (amount of time) · lt trukmė (amount of time) · ur دَورانِیَہ (amount of time) · enm stage (amount of time) · ka დროის შუალედი (amount of time) · nl duur (amount of time) · ba дауамлылыҡ (amount of time) · sk trvanie (amount of time) · ca duració (amount of time) · it durata (amount of time) · mk траење (amount of time) · fr durée (amount of time) · fa مدت (amount of time) · ru продолжи́тельность (amount of time) · ko 기간 (amount of time) · sh трајање (amount of time) · cmn 長短 /长短 (amount of time) · la spatium (amount of time) · ja 期間 (amount of time) · ast duración (amount of time) · de Dauer (amount of time) · ru дли́тельность (amount of time) · te గడువు (amount of time) · he מֶשֶׁךְ (amount of time) · mk времетраење (amount of time) · gl duración (amount of time) · sh trajanje (amount of time) · ba оҙайлыҡ (amount of time) · az davam (amount of time) · sv varaktighet (amount of time) · pl czas trwania (amount of time) · az sürək (amount of time) · pl czas (amount of time)