duration
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DURATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DURATION duracioun, from late Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#DURATION duracion, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#DURATION dūrātiō.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dəˈɹeɪʃn̩/, /djəˈɹeɪʃn̩/Category:English 3-syllable words#DURATIONCategory:English 3-syllable words#DURATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DURATION
- (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɖjuˌre.ʃən/, /ɖjʊˈre.ʃən/Category:English 3-syllable words#DURATIONCategory:English 3-syllable words#DURATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DURATION
- Rhymes: -eɪʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#DURATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/3 syllables#DURATION
Noun
duration (countable and uncountable, plural durations)Category:English lemmas#DURATIONCategory:English nouns#DURATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#DURATIONCategory:English countable nouns#DURATIONCategory:English countable nouns#DURATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DURATIONCategory:Pages with entries#DURATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DURATION
- An amount of time or a particular time interval.
- The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.Category:English terms with usage examples#DURATION
- She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.Category:English terms with usage examples#DURATION
- an intermission of 15 minutes' durationCategory:English terms with usage examples#DURATION
- 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#DURATION
- (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
- Rationing will last at least for the duration.Category:English terms with usage examples#DURATION
- (financeCategory:en:Finance#DURATION) 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.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Duration (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Bond duration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “duration”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
Category:en:Insurance#DURATIONCategory:en:Time#DURATIONMiddle French
Etymology
From late Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#DURATIONCategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#DURATION duracion, borrowed from LatinCategory:Middle French terms borrowed from Latin#DURATIONCategory:Middle French terms derived from Latin#DURATION dūrātiō, dūrātiōnem.
Noun
duration f (plural durations)Category:Middle French lemmas#DURATIONCategory:Middle French nouns#DURATIONCategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#DURATIONCategory:Middle French feminine nouns#DURATIONCategory:Pages with entries#DURATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DURATIONCategory:Middle French countable nouns#DURATION
- duration (length with respect to time)