Synonym: period, term, time. Similar words: inauguration, acculturation, configuration, ratification, gratification, rational, operation, naturalization. Meaning: [djʊə'reɪʃn] n. 1. the period of time during which something continues 2. the property of enduring or continuing in time 3. continuance in time.
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61. Be able to calculate the interval between two given times, and the finishing time given the starting time and duration.
62. Eleven thousand policeman and five thousand soldiers are on guard throughout the city for the duration.
63. I would turn and stare unblinkingly at the screen for the duration of the commercial.
64. The doctor will ask you about the duration and frequency of your headaches.
65. This road is solid with unyielding traffic for the duration of the holiday season.
66. Anderson's proposal is for the tax subsidy to be limited to a five-year duration.
67. In this situation(sentencedict.com/duration.html), the duration time should be reduced to a few minutes greater than the current elapsed time.
68. Patients with muscle-contraction headaches often report chronic pain of long duration.
69. Decisions Decisions in project management start with the choice of project and spread throughout its duration.
70. Since compliance is a problem with disulfiram, this shorter duration of action would appear to limit the effectiveness of calcium carbamide.
71. Hourly frequency and mean duration of reflux episodes in the upright and supine period were also calculated in each patient.
72. This risk was reduced by the relatively short duration of the study, and the outpatient facility in which it was performed.
73. First, they establish the exact age and duration of these climate shifts.
74. Results Patients included in the present study had diarrhoea that in some cases was of long duration.
75. According to the event, the duration of this state may last from just a few months to many years.
76. Courses are generally of 12 months' duration by full-time study.
77. The main drawback of such workings was that by their very nature they were of only limited duration.
78. At this extreme duration the researchers noticed that the respirations of man and algae were not exactly matched.
79. Zoe's temper tantrums had increased both in volume and duration.
80. The claimant should then submit medical certificates for the duration of their absence from work.
81. A strike of limited duration can improve a firm's financial position by saving on wages.
82. Secondly, the mean duration of treatment before study termination was similar in both groups.
83. The question immediately arises whether a tenancy for the duration of the war creates a good leasehold interest.
84. At the opposite extreme of a pulse of extremely long duration, the Fourier spectrum only contains extremely low frequencies.
85. These-spells of autocracy were once frequently longer and of indefinite duration, sometimes, indeed, extending over decades.
86. The expected stability and duration of political institutions is an important value in itself, since they allow for long-term planning.
87. The combined adenoidectomy and ventilation tube groups had the shortest duration of glue ear.
88. I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it.
89. Their aim was then to reduce both frequency and duration.
90. Deciding the court timetable in order to maintain a high level of attention for the duration of sittings.
More similar words: inauguration, acculturation, configuration, ratification, gratification, rational, operation, naturalization, migration, aberration, aspiration, irrational, reparation, AND operation, separation, alliteration, celebration, exasperation, immigration, rationalize, frustration, restoration, inspiration, integration, corporation, exploration, registration, exhilaration, concentration, generation gap.