Results for duration
Definitions of duration:
part of speech: noun
Continuance; length in time; power of continuance; permanency.
part of speech: noun
Continuance in time; as, the duration of the Civil War was about four years.
Usage examples for duration:
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The brothers were not less delighted to see their little sister, but their joy was of short duration
"Household Tales by Brothers Grimm", Grimm Brothers -
1768. The duration of parliament limited to eight years.
"Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry", Thomas Davis Commentator: T. W. Rolleston -
It was at this time that, during a stay of some weeks duration in an English port, I met with one who won my affections; and, one year after, we were married.
"The Path of Duty, and Other Stories", H. S. Caswell -
The effect of this bombardment of only six days' duration was decisive.
"The Franco-German War of 1870-71", Count Helmuth, von Moltke