duration

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: du=ra=tion

OXFORD DICTIONARY

duration, n.
1 the length of time for which something continues.
2 a specified length of time (after the duration of a minute).

Idiom

for the duration
1 until the end of the war.
2 for a very long time.

Derivative

durational adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. med.L duratio -onis (as DURANCE)

THESAURUS

duration

abidingness, age, antiquity, changelessness, chronology, constancy, continuance, continuation, continuity, defeat of time, defiance of time, diuturnity, durability, durableness, duree, endurance, firmness, fixedness, frozenness, hardening, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, lastingness, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, maintenance, perdurability, perennation, period, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, persistence, persistency, psychological time, quiescence, rigidity, run, solidity, space, space-time, span, spell, stability, standing, stasis, steadfastness, survival, survivance, tense, tenure, term, the future, the past, the present, tide, time, timebinding, torpor, unchangeability, unchangingness, while

ROGET THESAURUS

duration

Time

N time, duration, period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season, the whole time, the whole period, space-time, course, snap, intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency, intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude, respite, era, epoch, time of life, age, year, date, decade, moment, glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages of time, arrow of time, river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time, scythe, continuing, on foot, permanent, while, whilst, during, pending, during the time, during the interval, in the course of, at that point, at that point in time, for the time being, day by day, in the time of, when, meantime, meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim, ad interim, pendente lite, de die in diem, from day to day, from hour to hour, hourly, always, for a time, for a season, till, until, up to, yet, as far as, by that time, so far, hereunto, heretofore, prior to this, up to this point, the whole time, all the time, all along, throughout, for good, hereupon, thereupon, whereupon, then, anno Domini, A, D, ante Christum, A, C, before Christ, B, C, anno urbis conditae, A, U, C, anno regni, A, R, once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once, time flies, tempus fugit, time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, time and tide wait for no man, ad calendas Groecas, panting Time toileth after him in vain, 'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion, rich with the spoils of time, tempus edax rerum, the long hours come and go, the time is out of joint, Time rolls his ceaseless course, Time the foe of man's dominion, time wasted is existence, used is life, truditur dies die, volat hora per orbem, carpe diem.

Course

N corridors of time, sweep of time, vesta of time, course of time, progress of time, process of time, succession of time, lapse of time, flow of time, flux of time, stream of time, tract of time, current of time, tide of time, march of time, step of time, flight of time, duration, aorist, elapsing, aoristic, progressive, in due time, in due season, in in due course, in due process, in the fullness of time, in time, labitur et labetur, truditur dies die, fugaces labuntur anni, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this.