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English - Vietnamese Dictionary
duration /djuə'reiʃn/- danh từ
- thời gian, khoảng thời gian (tồn tại của một sự việc)
- for the duration of the war: trong thời gian chiến tranh
Concise Dictionary
durationsdjʊə'reɪʃn
noun
+the period of time during which something continues
+the property of enduring or continuing in time
+continuance in time
Advanced English Dictionary
+ noun
[U] (formal) the length of time that sth lasts or continues: The school was used as a hospital for the duration of the war. + a contract of three years' duration
Idioms: for the duration (informal) until the end of a particular situation
Collocation Dictionary
noun
ADJ.
brief, short | long | indefinite | maximum | overall, total
We took four trains, and the overall duration of the journey was 72 hours.
| average, expected, likely
the expected duration of the disease
PREP.
for the ~ (of)
She stayed there for the duration of the journey.
| of … ~
The next contract will be of shorter duration.
| throughout the ~ of
This continued throughout the duration of their marriage.
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