duration

du·ra·tion

noun \du̇-ˈrā-shən also dyu̇-\

Definition of DURATION

1

: continuance in time

2

: the time during which something exists or lasts

Examples of DURATION

1. You should gradually increase the duration of your workout.
2. <for the whole duration of the speech the bored audience fidgeted>

First Known Use of DURATION

14th century

Related to DURATION

Synonyms

continuance, date, life, life span, lifetime, run, standing, time

Antonyms

cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination

Related Words

spell, stretch; span, tenure, term; hitch, tour, turn; half-life; age, longevity

Near Antonyms

abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

Rhymes with DURATION

aeration, Alsatian, carnation, castration, causation, cessation, cetacean, citation, Claymation, cognation, collation, conflation, C ration, creation, cremation, crenation, Croatian, crustacean, dalmatian, damnation, deflation, delation, dictation, dilation, donation, earth station, elation, Eurasian, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, formation, foundation, frustration, gas station, gestation, gradation, gustation, guttation, gyration, hydration, inflation, lactation, legation, libation, location, lunation, lustration, luxation, migration, mutation, narration, negation, notation, oblation, oration, outstation, ovation, palmation, palpation, plantation, potation, predation, privation, probation, pronation, proration, prostration, pulsation, punctation, pupation, purgation, relation, rogation, rotation, salvation, sedation, sensation, serration, space station, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, striation, substation, summation, tarnation, taxation, temptation, translation, truncation, vacation, vexation, vibration, vocation, way station, workstation