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English noun: duration | |||
| 1. | duration (time) the period of time during which something continues | ||
| Synonyms | continuance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clocking, longueur, note value, residence time, rule, span, stint, stretch, time scale, time value, value | ||
| 2. | duration (time) the property of enduring or continuing in time | ||
| Synonyms | continuance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | time | ||
| 3. | duration (attribute) continuance in time | ||
| Samples | The ceremony was of short duration. He complained about the length of time required. | ||
| Synonyms | length | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | temporal property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brevity, briefness, continuation, endlessness, impermanence, impermanency, lengthiness, longness, permanence, permanency, prolongation, protraction, shortness, transience | ||
| Attribute | long, short | ||
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