Meaning of duration | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An amount of time or a particular time interval.
   countable, uncountable
2. the length of time anything continues. We all had to stay indoors for the duration of the storm. tydsduur مُدَّه، دَوام продължителност duração trvání die Dauer varighed διάρκειαduración kestus مدت kesto duréeמשך זמן अवधि trajanje (idő)tartam selama tímalengd; sá tími sem e-ð stendur yfir durata 持続期間 계속 기간 trukmė tik ilgi, kamēr; uz (kaut kādu) laiku jangka masa duurvarighet, tidslengde, så lenge noe varer, inntil videre trwanie مزل، وخت، موده duração durată продолжительность trvanie trajanje...
3. The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
   countable, singular, uncountable
4. duración, continuación.
5. 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.
   countable, uncountable
6. Continuance or persistence in time.
7. A period of existence or persistence: sat quietly through the duration of the speech.
8. The number of years required to receive the present value of future payments, both of interest and principle, of a bond, often used as an indicator of a bond's price volatility resulting from changes in interest rates.
9. the length of time that something lasts or continues
10. the length of time something continues or exists.
11. continuance in time.
12. Uninterrupted existence or succession:continuance, continuation, continuity, continuum, endurance, persistence, persistency.
13. A limited or specific period of time during which something happens, lasts, or extends:span, stretch, term, time.

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Examples

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

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

“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.”

“Rationing will last at least for the duration.”

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