duration

noun/dʊˈreɪʃən/

Frequency rank: #3,491 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the length of time that something lasts.

Illustration for the English word “duration”

Example sentence

The duration of the flight from Tokyo to New York is about fourteen hours.

Synonyms & related words

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