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noun
1.
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
2.
continuance in time.
3.
(in the philosophy of Bergson) a temporal continuum, intuitively known, within which the élan vital operates.
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Duration
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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- All in all, hundreds of performers appear on three stages over the event's duration.
- Some authors have even supposed that, as the individual has a definite length of life, so have species a definite duration.
- Basically anything that is plugged in or charged is off-limits for the duration.
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duration
late 14c., from O.Fr. duration, from M.L. durationem (nom. duratio), from L. durare "harden" (see endure). Phrase for the duration (1916) originally refers to British enlistment in World War I.
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