duration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the period of time during which something continues
  2. noun the property of enduring or continuing in time
  3. noun continuance in time

Etymology

From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.

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Synonyms

continuance

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