duration — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An amount of time or a particular time interval.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

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

   More examples (2)

   an intermission of 15 minutes' duration

   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.

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • singular
   • Uncountable
   • not followed by "of"

   Examples

   Rationing will last at least for the duration.

3. 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.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. the period of time during which something continues

   Synonyms

   continuance

   Broader terms

   time periodperiod of timeperiod

2. the property of enduring or continuing in time

   Synonyms

   continuance

   Broader terms

   time

3. continuance in time

   Synonyms

   length

   Broader terms

   temporal property

   Examples

   the ceremony was of short duration

   he complained about the length of time required