Meanings
plural durations
- countableuncountableAn amount of time or a particular time interval.
an intermission of 15 minutes' duration
3 more examples
The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.
She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.
To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.
2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55 - countableuncountablebusinessA 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 interest and principal payments associated with it.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe period of time during which something continues
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dweh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*dweh₂rós
- Proto-Italic*dūros
- Latindūrus
- Latindūrō
- Medieval Latindūrātiō
- Old Frenchduracion
- Middle Englishduracioun
- Englishduration
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُدَّة
- مُدَّة (mudda)amount of time
Bulgarian продължителност, времетраене
- продължителност (prodălžitelnost)amount of time
- времетраене (vremetraene)amount of time
Catalan durada, duració
- duradaamount of time
- duracióamount of time
Chinese Mandarin 時間 /时间, 長短 /长短
- 時間 /时间 (shíjiān)amount of time
- 長短 /长短 (chángduǎn)amount of time
- 為期 /为期 (wéiqī)amount of time
- 期間 /期间 (qījiān)amount of time
Czech trvání
- trváníamount of time
Danish varighed
- varighedamount of time
Dutch tijdsduur, duur
- tijdsduuramount of time
- duuramount of time
Finnish kesto, aikaväli
- kestoamount of time
- aikaväliamount of time
French durée
- duréeamount of time
German Dauer
- Daueramount of time
Greek διάρκεια
- διάρκεια (diárkeia)amount of time
Hebrew מֶשֶׁךְ
- מֶשֶׁךְ (méshekh)amount of time
Hungarian időtartam
- időtartamamount of time
Icelandic tímalengd
- tímalengdamount of time
Italian durata
- durataamount of time
Japanese 期間, 存続
- 期間 (kikan)amount of time
- 存続 (sonzoku)amount of time
Korean 기간, 지속
- 기간 (gigan)amount of time
- 지속 (jisok)amount of time
Latin spatium, diurnitās
- spatiumamount of time
- diurnitāsamount of time
Lithuanian trukmė
- trukmėamount of time
Malay masa, tempoh
- masaamount of time
- tempohamount of time
- durasiamount of time
- jangka masaamount of time
Norwegian Bokmål varighet
- varighetamount of time
Persian مدت, درازنای
- مدت (moddat)amount of time
- درازنای (derâznây)amount of time
Polish czas trwania, trwanie
- czas trwaniaamount of time
- trwanieamount of time
- czasamount of time
Portuguese duração
- duraçãoamount of time
Romanian durată
- duratăamount of time
Russian продолжи́тельность, дли́тельность
- продолжи́тельность (prodolžítelʹnostʹ)amount of time
- дли́тельность (dlítelʹnostʹ)amount of time
Slovak trvanie
- trvanieamount of time
Spanish duración
- duraciónamount of time
Swedish tidslängd, varaktighet
- tidslängdamount of time
- varaktighetamount of time
Turkish süre
- süreamount of time
Ukrainian трива́лість
- трива́лість (tryválistʹ)amount of time
Urdu دَورانِیَہ
- دَورانِیَہ (daurāniya)amount of time
Welsh ystod
- ystodamount of time
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with duration
Anagrams
Cite this entry
duration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duration
“duration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duration. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duration.
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