Duration
noun
The amount of time that something lasts.
The duration of the movie is two hours.
Often appears as...
- long duration
- short duration
noun
The time during which something continues.
His prison sentence is for a duration of five years.
Often appears as...
- duration of sentence
- duration of term
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Formal
Legal
noun
The continuity in time of an object or process.
In physics, we study the duration of various processes.
Often appears as...
- duration of process
- duration of motion
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Academic
noun
A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond or other debt instrument to a change in interest rates.
Longer duration bonds are usually riskier than shorter duration bonds.
Often appears as...
- duration of bond
- duration of debt
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Formal
Technical
noun
The amount of time that something lasts.
The duration of the movie is two hours.
Often appears as...
- long duration
- short duration
noun
The time during which something continues.
His prison sentence is for a duration of five years.
Often appears as...
- duration of sentence
- duration of term
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
The continuity in time of an object or process.
In physics, we study the duration of various processes.
Often appears as...
- duration of process
- duration of motion
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond or other debt instrument to a change in interest rates.
Longer duration bonds are usually riskier than shorter duration bonds.
Often appears as...
- duration of bond
- duration of debt
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Context Matters
The meaning of 'duration' can change slightly based on context, referring to entertainment, events, or experiences.
The average duration of a concert is about two hours.
Pro Tip 2/2Adjective Form
'Duration' is often preceded by descriptive adjectives like 'long', 'brief', 'average', indicating the length.
They enjoyed a brief duration of peace before the storm.
Pro Tip 1/2Context Matters
The meaning of 'duration' can change slightly based on context, referring to entertainment, events, or experiences.
The average duration of a concert is about two hours.
Pro Tip 2/2Adjective Form
'Duration' is often preceded by descriptive adjectives like 'long', 'brief', 'average', indicating the length.
They enjoyed a brief duration of peace before the storm.
Pro Tip 1/2Context Matters
The meaning of 'duration' can change slightly based on context, referring to entertainment, events, or experiences.
The average duration of a concert is about two hours.
Pro Tip 2/2Adjective Form
'Duration' is often preceded by descriptive adjectives like 'long', 'brief', 'average', indicating the length.
They enjoyed a brief duration of peace before the storm.
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
So how did the idea for this come about? As an architect, I've been working for most of my adult life on better ways to build for natural disasters. Oh, everyone's familiar with big earthquakes here in the Bay Area. If you want to separate a house or a structure from the earth for the duration of an earthquake,
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The agony of opioid...
It's not because I think I'm special. This story is important precisely because I'm not special; because nothing that happened to me was all that unique. My dependence on opioids was entirely predictable given the amount that I was prescribed and the duration for which I was prescribed it.
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The surprising science...
college test on and on have far less impact less intensity and much less duration that people expect them to have effect a recent study this almost fleurs me a recent study showing how major life traumas affect people suggests that if it happened over three months ago with
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An Art Made of Trust,...
In the long duration chairs, you're transported to the big place where you're going to see the work. And if you fall asleep, which is very possible because it's been a long day, you're going to be transported to the parking lot. And you know, sleeping is very important.
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One more reason to get a...
who haven't yet developed Alzheimer's disease, worsening sleep quality and sleep duration are associated with a greater amount of amyloid-beta building up in the brain, and while it's important to point out that these studies don't prove that lack of sleep or poor sleep
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What does your time feel...
age varies when you're five years old one year is twenty percent of your life but when you're 50 years old one year is only two percent of your life we may be constantly comparing intervals with time with the duration that we've already lived third with aging they come
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The tale of the doctor...
In an instant, the palace dissolved around them. The doctor found himself in an immense cave lined with countless quivering candles, each representing the duration of a life. As punishment for his Godson’s foolish attempt to master mortality,
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We Are What We Eat:...
In every duration, whether it is peace, whether it is trouble, whether it is earthquake, whether it is something calamity. So, Inshallah the world will come very peaceful and we shall be one. And because the world is becoming now
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I don't want children --...
it was never explained to me the commonness of these factors that women consider, like the risk of passing on hereditary illness, the danger of having to stop life-saving medication for the duration of your pregnancy,
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When is a pandemic over?
the virus may reappear seasonally, so vaccines will continue to protect people. And although it may take years to create, disruptions to most people’s lives won’t necessarily last the full duration.
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
So how did the idea for this come about? As an architect, I've been working for most of my adult life on better ways to build for natural disasters. Oh, everyone's familiar with big earthquakes here in the Bay Area. If you want to separate a house or a structure from the earth for the duration of an earthquake,
Video examples
The agony of opioid...
It's not because I think I'm special. This story is important precisely because I'm not special; because nothing that happened to me was all that unique. My dependence on opioids was entirely predictable given the amount that I was prescribed and the duration for which I was prescribed it.
Video examples
The surprising science...
college test on and on have far less impact less intensity and much less duration that people expect them to have effect a recent study this almost fleurs me a recent study showing how major life traumas affect people suggests that if it happened over three months ago with
Video examples
An Art Made of Trust,...
In the long duration chairs, you're transported to the big place where you're going to see the work. And if you fall asleep, which is very possible because it's been a long day, you're going to be transported to the parking lot. And you know, sleeping is very important.
Video examples
One more reason to get a...
who haven't yet developed Alzheimer's disease, worsening sleep quality and sleep duration are associated with a greater amount of amyloid-beta building up in the brain, and while it's important to point out that these studies don't prove that lack of sleep or poor sleep
Video examples
What does your time feel...
age varies when you're five years old one year is twenty percent of your life but when you're 50 years old one year is only two percent of your life we may be constantly comparing intervals with time with the duration that we've already lived third with aging they come
Video examples
The tale of the doctor...
In an instant, the palace dissolved around them. The doctor found himself in an immense cave lined with countless quivering candles, each representing the duration of a life. As punishment for his Godson’s foolish attempt to master mortality,
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
In every duration, whether it is peace, whether it is trouble, whether it is earthquake, whether it is something calamity. So, Inshallah the world will come very peaceful and we shall be one. And because the world is becoming now
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I don't want children --...
it was never explained to me the commonness of these factors that women consider, like the risk of passing on hereditary illness, the danger of having to stop life-saving medication for the duration of your pregnancy,
Video examples
When is a pandemic over?
the virus may reappear seasonally, so vaccines will continue to protect people. And although it may take years to create, disruptions to most people’s lives won’t necessarily last the full duration.
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Kevin DeYoung
American Theologian
Many people suffer at the hands of others. The world can be unfair, at times mercilessly so. Millions of people in the world are genuine victims, right now. All of us will be at some point, whether it's for small matters or large, for a long duration or short. But we aren't all victims, not all the time anyway, not for everything.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Russian Businessman
Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.
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Sunita Williams
American Astronaut
When you are thinking about going away for a long duration mission, it has to be part of your mindset that you're leaving your family, but it's for the right reasons, for good reasons, and hopefully helping humanity.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
British Actor
To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing!
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian Philosopher
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.
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Lisa Gansky
American Businesswoman
Insurance and funding traditionally drive capital investment. But in a world based on access, not ownership, the duration, value, cost and extent of financial services is distinctly different.
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Myles Munroe
Bahamian Clergyman
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.
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Jessica Simpson
American Musician
Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time.
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Peter Marshall
Scottish Clergyman
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
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Kevin DeYoung
American Theologian
Many people suffer at the hands of others. The world can be unfair, at times mercilessly so. Millions of people in the world are genuine victims, right now. All of us will be at some point, whether it's for small matters or large, for a long duration or short. But we aren't all victims, not all the time anyway, not for everything.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Russian Businessman
Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.
Quote examples
Sunita Williams
American Astronaut
When you are thinking about going away for a long duration mission, it has to be part of your mindset that you're leaving your family, but it's for the right reasons, for good reasons, and hopefully helping humanity.
Quote examples
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
British Actor
To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing!
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian Philosopher
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.
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Lisa Gansky
American Businesswoman
Insurance and funding traditionally drive capital investment. But in a world based on access, not ownership, the duration, value, cost and extent of financial services is distinctly different.
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Myles Munroe
Bahamian Clergyman
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.
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Jessica Simpson
American Musician
Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time.
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Peter Marshall
Scottish Clergyman
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
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