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duration

/djʊˈɹeɪʃn̩/

An illustration for duration

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)

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