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.

measurement

timer

Duration-tracking mechanism

sundial · chronometer · metronome · timestamp · countdown · elapsed · runtime · playtime · airtime · turnaround

span

length

Measure of extent

interval · term · timespan · lifespan · spell · stint · tenure · run · course · continuance

units

second

Unit smaller than minute

week · month · year · decade · century · millennium · eon · epoch · era · age

endurance

stamina

Capacity for sustained effort

fortitude · tenacity · grit · steadfastness · patience · survival · hardiness · constancy · longevity · marathon

temporary

ephemeral

Lasting very briefly

brief · short-lived · impermanent · passing · evanescent · transitory · provisional · interim · volatile · temporary

music

note

Short written record

  • restCessation of activity
  • wholeFull and undivided
  • halfEqual portion of two

quarter · eighth · sixteenth · fermata · sustain · held · tied · beat · bar · tempo

Categories
Opposites
continuity vs. termination

durationend

Final portion or cessation

termination · ending · cessation · finish · close

boundedness

durationinfinity

Unlimited extent or quantity

eternity · timelessness · point in time · perpetuity · endlessness

temporal extent

durationbrevity

Shortness of expression

moment · instant · shortness · flash · briefness

Phrases
Family

durations

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G