duration
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ʃən, dyʊ- noun
1.
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the ).
2.
continuance in time.
3.
(in the philosophy of Bergson) a temporal continuum, intuitively known, within which the élan vital operates.
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Duration
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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duration (djʊˈreɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the length of time that something lasts or continues | |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin dūrātiō, from Latin dūrāre to last] | |
| du'rational | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
duration
late 14c., from O.Fr. duration, from M.L. durationem (nom. duratio), from L. durare "harden" (see endure). Phrase for the duration (1916) originally refers to British enlistment in World War I.
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Example sentences
Some authors have even supposed that, as the individual has a definite length of life, so have species a definite duration.
Also, when you talk about duration or length in relativity, you always have to state with respect to which observer.
All in all, hundreds of performers appear on three stages over the event's duration.
The vast amount of vacant lands, the value of which daily augments, forms an additional resource of great extent and duration.
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