duration
An amount of time or a particular time intervalAn amount of time or a particular time interval.
» Can you sit through the duration?
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)An amount of time or a particular time interval.
The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.
She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.
Dauer
продолжи́тельностьprodolžítelʹnostʹ, дли́тельностьdlítelʹnostʹ
трива́лістьtryválistʹ
continuance in time
(countable, singular, uncountable)The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
Rationing will last at least for the duration.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Examples
24 sentencesCan you sit through the duration?
The trip duration is two hours.
Gradually increase the duration of your workouts.
ruПостепенно увеличивайте продолжительность ваших тренировок.
The duration of a football match is 90 minutes.
ruПродолжительность футбольного матча - 90 минут.
The duration of the tennis match was five hours.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.
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Forms
plural: durationsSynonyms
2 synonyms- continuance in time:length
- the property of enduring or continuing in time:continuance
- the period of time during which something continues:continuance
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable