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an indefinite but usually short period of time<we stayed at school for a while longer>Synonymsbit, space, spell, stretchRelated Wordslapse; season, span; day, epoch, era; flash, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, spurt, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink; aeon (or eon), age, eternity; interim, interlude, intermission, interval
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the active use of energy in producing a result<it's not worth my while to fix it, so weʼll get a new one>— see effort
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