duration

«duration» in Mova's school dictionary: The length of time something lasts, from its start to its… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a duration, durations; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The length of time something lasts, from its start to its end. tree →

2) for the duration: for the whole time something lasts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths time problems, the duration is the time between start and finish: a film from 3:00 to 4:30 has a duration of 1 hour 30 minutes. In music, a note's duration is how long it is held. Phrases: for the duration, short duration, the duration of the journey.

examples

• The film has a duration of 90 minutes. tree →
• Stay in your seats for the duration of the flight. tree →
• Find the duration of a lesson that starts at 9:15 and ends at 10:00. tree →
• The storm was of short duration. tree →
• In music, a minim has a longer duration than a crotchet. tree →
• The duration of the journey was three hours. tree →
• The triumph of Achilles was not of long duration. tree →

note

Formal word for "how long". For maths: duration = end time minus start time. Remember 60 minutes in an hour, not 100, when subtracting times.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «duration» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.