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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Duration \Du*ra"tion\, n. [OF. duration. See {Dure}.] The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. --Macaulay. Soon shall have passed our own human duration. --D. Webster. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: duration n 1: the period of time during which something continues [syn: {continuance}] 2: the property of enduring or continuing in time [syn: {continuance}] 3: continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required" [syn: {length}]
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