Antonyms for duration
dʊˈreɪ ʃən, dyʊ-du·ra·tion

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1. duration

   Sequence and succession apply to events viewed as following one another; time and duration denote something conceived of as enduring while events take place and acts are done. According to the necessary conditions of human thought, events are contained in time as objects are in space, time existing before the event, measuring it as it passes, and still existing when the event is past. Duration and succession are more general words than time; we can speak of infinite or eternal duration or succession, but time is commonly contrasted with eternity. Time is measured or measurable duration.

   Synonyms:
   age, date, eon, epoch, era, period, season, sequence, succession, term, time, while

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1. duration

   Antonyms:
   momentariness, instantaneousness, infinity, eternity

   Synonyms:
   period, continuance, term, space, protraction, prolongation

Matched Categories

1. • Temporal Property
   • Time
   • Time Period

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. duration, continuancenoun

   the period of time during which something continues

   Synonyms:
   continuation, continuance, length

2. duration, continuancenoun

   the property of enduring or continuing in time

   Synonyms:
   continuation, continuance, length

3. duration, lengthnoun

   continuance in time

   "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"

   Synonyms:
   continuance, distance, length

How to use duration in a sentence?

1. Amy Janes:

   Factors like genetics, duration of exposure to tobacco, stress, other drug use, and psychiatric or medical disorders can affect treatment success, the effectiveness of a specific treatment may depend on individual differences in factors like brain function and communication between brain regions.

2. Wes Unseld:

   In the early season, we bounced back from these stretches, this has kind of been the longest duration where things have been kind of tenuous for us. It’s certainly a test. We have no choice. We have to pull together and we have to dig ourselves out, and we’ve got to find a way.

3. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   As long as we think that there is an imminent (terrorist) threat, we need the state of emergency, i hope the state of emergency will have the shortest duration possible but at the same time that it will be in place long enough to ensure the French people are protected.

4. Katie Nixon:

   We just don't know the magnitude of the duration.

5. Bill Gross:

   A 30-year Treasury at 2.5 percent can wipe out your annual income in one day with a 10 basis point increase, the secret in a negative interest rate world that poses extraordinary duration risk for AAA sovereign bonds is to No 1, keep bond maturities short and No 2 borrow at those attractive yields in a mildly levered form that provides a yield and expected return of 5-6 percent.

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