Synonyms 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

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

   Antonyms:
   momentariness, instantaneousness, infinity, eternity

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Temporal Property
   • Time
   • Time Period

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1. durationnoun

   Synonyms:
   continuance (in time), continuation, lastingness, ENDURANCE

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1. List of paraphrases for "duration":

   length, period, term, time, life, lifetime, durations, lifespan, span, durability, periods, sessional, hours

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1. Stanley Weiss:

   We expect that at some time it will help diminish the spread of COVID-19, based on the assumptions that persons who are infected and recover will have protective immunity, however, with SARS, data suggested protective immunity was of limited duration. Thus, the precise temporal dynamics may prove very important. For example, there could be recurrent waves. We hope with COVID-19, but do not yet know that they wont become re-infected.

2. D. H. Lawrence:

   Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.

3. Stephen Cohen:

   As rates go lower and curves go flatter, finding yield by extending duration is clearly running out of steam.

4. Justin Kasper:

   We were fully expecting that, sooner or later, we would encounter Read MoreThe sun corona for at least a short duration of time.

5. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   We never short in our mainline strategies. We also never go to zero Treasuries. We went to lower weightings and change the duration.