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duration noun [ djʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]

• the time during which something continues.
• "bicycle hire for the duration of your holiday"
Similar: full length, length of time, time, time span, time scale, period, term, span, spell, stretch, fullness, length, extent, continuation, continuance, perpetuation, prolongation,
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin duratio(n- ), from durare ‘to last’, from durus ‘hard’.

for the duration

• until the end of something, especially a war.



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