Added 8 October 2026
duration
/dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ noun
In Latin: spatium, diurnitās Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about duration at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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An amount of time or a particular time interval.
The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.
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The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
Rationing will last at least for the duration.
- A 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.
Origin
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.
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