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How to pronounce duration in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms continuance
Type of time
Type Words
Synonyms length
Type of temporal property
Has types endlessness, impermanence, impermanency, lengthiness, longness, protraction, briefness, continuation, permanence, permanency, prolongation, brevity, shortness, transience


the ceremony was of short duration.
Type Words
Synonyms continuance
Type of period of time, time period, period
Has types span, stint, stretch, note value, residence time, rule, longueur, value, time scale, time value, clocking

Examples of duration

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Know what medicines you're taking, why you're taking them and for what duration.
From the kansas.com
It asked whether there should be minimum requirements on the duration of orders.
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You need to start slowly and gradually increase exercise duration and intensity.
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The makers say it would only be suitable for flights up to three hours duration.
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The larger loop is believed to be related to the extended duration of the cycle.
From the sciencedaily.com
The store will sell iPads 2 and the like and last for the duration of the event.
From the techcrunch.com
The law greatly extends the duration a lifer can be denied parole consideration.
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In fact there have been two Republican senators for the duration of this period.
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The new law permits open burning any time, and with no restrictions on duration.
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More examples
  • The period of time during which something continues
  • The property of enduring or continuing in time
  • Continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
  • In finance, the duration of a financial asset, specifically a bond, is a measure of the sensitivity of the asset's price to interest rate movements. It broadly corresponds to the length of time before the asset is due to be repaid. ...
  • Duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval. In sounds and music, a duration is a property of a tone that becomes one of the bases of rhythm.
  • Duration is the theory of time and consciousness, posited by the French philosopher Henri Bergson.
  • Duration of a project's terminal element is the number of calendar periods it takes from the time the execution of element starts to the moment it is completed.
  • An amount of time or a particular time interval; The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war; 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 ...
  • (Durations) The advertisement banner or text-link, reserved or booked for one PARTICULAR advertiser, for PARTICULAR period of time.