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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
duration
/djʊˈɹeɪʃn̩/
noun
the length of time that something lasts
- “They set a new record for the duration of a kiss.”Tatoeba
- “There's a difference in the duration of a football match between normal time and injury time.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)