duration

duration

noun

Definition of DURATION

1

the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress <for the whole duration of the speech the bored audience fidgeted>

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

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

2

uninterrupted or lasting existence <scientists warning that the very duration of our civilization depends upon finding a solution to this major environmental problem>

Synonyms abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence

Related Words drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching; enduringness, permanence; survival

Near Antonyms abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

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