duration
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
Noun 3 meanings
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
“The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.”
The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
“Rationing will last at least for the duration.”
A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
Etymology
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.
DURATION at a glance
DURATION has 8 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (D 2 + U 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,579 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with duration
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- CURATION10
- DERATION9
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