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duration

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Pronunciation: /djʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n 

  

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NOUN

The time during which something continues:bicycle hire for the duration of your holidaya flight of over eight hours' duration

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Origin

late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latinduratio(n-), from durare 'to last', from durus 'hard'.

Phrases

for the duration

Until the end of something, especially a war.

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INFORMAL For a very long time:once she sits down on that settee, she’ll be there for the duration

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Derivatives

durational

ADJECTIVE

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date

n.

1. 1. Time stated in terms of the day, month, and year.
   2. A statement of calendar time, as on a document.
2. A specified day of a month.
3. 1. A particular point or period of time at which something happened or existed, or is expected to happen.
   2. dates The years of someone's birth and death: Beethoven's dates were 1770 to 1827.
4. The time during which something lasts; duration.
5. The time or historical period to which something belongs: artifacts of a later date.
6. An appointment: a luncheon date with a client; a date with destiny. See synonyms at engagement.
7. 1. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest.
   2. One's companion on such an outing.
8. An engagement for a performance: has four singing dates this month.