Synonyms for duration
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Noun
1. Continuance
continuance, continuation, life, lasting, endurance, existence, permanence, permanency, lastingness
Definitions
- n. 1
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
an intermission of 15 minutes' duration
Related words
- Word family
- durative
Forms
- Plural
- durations → continuances, continuations, lifes, lastings…
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Sequence and succession apply to events viewed as following one another; time and duration denote something conceived of as enduring while events take place and acts are done.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- lasting We're counting on it lasting longer than a minute.
- endurance You need great endurance to run ten thousand meters.
- continuance Motion for continuance denied.
- length I will not go to the length of saying such things.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| duration | steady | |
| lasting | steady | |
| endurance | steady | |
| continuance | falling | |
| lastingness | steady | |
| length | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- age1
- 4 letters
- time1, life1, term1
- 5 letters
- space1
- 6 letters
- period3, length1
- 7 letters
- lasting2
- 9 letters
- existence3, endurance3
- 10 letters
- permanence3, permanency
- 11 letters
- continuance4, lastingness
- 12 letters
- continuation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (period3 = 3 syllables).