duration
How long something lasts
Duration is how long something lasts—the span of time from beginning to end.
A movie has a duration; so does a war, a battery charge, or a headache.
The duration of the flight was three hours.
The phrase for the duration means for as long as something continues, often implying an indefinite or extended period: We're stuck here for the duration.
Duration-tracking mechanism
- stopwatchInterval timing device
- clockDevice displaying time
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- sundialShadow-based timekeeper
chronometer · metronome · timestamp · countdown · elapsed · runtime · playtime · airtime
Measure of extent
- extentRange or magnitude
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- stretchPull to extend
- intervalDuration between two points
term · timespan · lifespan · spell · stint · tenure · run · course
Capacity for sustained effort
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
tenacity · grit · steadfastness · patience · survival · hardiness · constancy · longevity
Lasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- briefShort in duration
short-lived · impermanent · passing · evanescent · transitory · provisional · interim · volatile
timer
Duration-tracking mechanism
sundial · chronometer · metronome · timestamp · countdown · elapsed · runtime · playtime · airtime · turnaround
length
Measure of extent
interval · term · timespan · lifespan · spell · stint · tenure · run · course · continuance
second
Unit smaller than minute
week · month · year · decade · century · millennium · eon · epoch · era · age
stamina
Capacity for sustained effort
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
fortitude · tenacity · grit · steadfastness · patience · survival · hardiness · constancy · longevity · marathon
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
brief · short-lived · impermanent · passing · evanescent · transitory · provisional · interim · volatile · temporary
note
Short written record
quarter · eighth · sixteenth · fermata · sustain · held · tied · beat · bar · tempo
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- time conceptsclock, calendar, hour, minute, second
- schedulingappointments, appointment, calendar, booking, bookings
- scheduling termsASAP, appointment, meeting, booking, reservation
- time spanssecond, minute, hour, day, week
- time termsdate, time, start date, datetime, end date
durationend
Final portion or cessation
termination · ending · cessation · finish · close
durationinfinity
Unlimited extent or quantity
eternity · timelessness · point in time · perpetuity · endlessness
- for the durationFor all the time
- flight durationTime aloft between destinations
- short durationLimited time period
- sleep durationLength of nightly unconsciousness
- call durationPhone conversation span