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. State John Kerry:

   The ISSG will formally come together to build on what we did with the Russians in terms of this agreement and to talk about all kinds of things, ranging from duration, to enforcement to the political process.

2. The USDA:

   Those who are accepted to volunteer will work with their supervisors to ensure their duties are assigned to other staff for the duration of the volunteer assignment ensuring continuity of service; some will perform a portion of their duties remotely.

3. Paul Harch:

   In the absence of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, short duration, repetitive normobaric oxygen therapy may be an option until hyperbaric oxygen therapy is available.

4. Kristen Knutson:

   The strength of this study is that it is a prospective study, which means short sleep was associated with the development of metabolic syndrome, this is important because the sleep duration was measured before the people had the disease.

5. Astronaut Scott Kelly:

   I ’d like for the legacy of this flight to be that we can decide to do hard things and hard things that will take us further away from the Earth and this is one of them, i ’m hopeful and I think we will learn a lot about longer duration space flight and how that will take us to Mars someday. So, I would like to think this is another of many stepping stones to us landing on Mars some time in our future.