durationn.

/djʊˈreɪʃən/

Etymology: < obsolete French duration, < late Latin dūrātiōn-em , noun of action < dūrāre to harden, endure: see dure v. Used by Chaucer, and then after 1600; not in Shakespeare.

a. Lasting, continuance in time; the continuance or length of time; the time during which a thing, action, or state continues.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun]

lengtha1240

date?1316

durationc1384

hautesse1399

quantity?a1425

periodc1475

tracta1513

allowance1526

continuance1530

wideness1535

continue1556

protense1590

countenance1592

stay1595

standing1600

dimension1605

longanimity1607

longinquity1607

insisture1609

existence1615

unprivationa1628

continuity1646

protension1654

measure1658

course1665

contention1666

propagation1741

protensity1886

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1024 And yaf hem eke duracioun.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2132 That same Prince..Hath stabliced in this wrecched world adoun Certeine dayes and duracioun [Corp., Petworth, Lansd. dominacioun] To al that is engendred in this place.

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxx. §5. 283 The actuall visibilitie of colours wholly depends vpon the light, as well for existence as duration.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 287 What is Duration, but the persevering of a thing in its existence?

1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 80 in Ess. Effects Motion Their duration was unequal, some lasting ten or fifteen days, and others longer.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 94. ¶5 That Space of Duration which we call a Minute.

1783 W. Cowper Let. 24 Feb. (1981) II. 109 The Peace will probably be of short duration.

1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iv. 118 The average duration of human life in the agricultural districts is beyond that of the great cities.

†b. Lasting in use; endurance of wear; durableness, permanence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [noun] > durability

tack1412

durableness1579

durability1593

durance1599

duration1637

wearability1927

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun]

durabilityc1374

duringc1374

lastingnessa1398

perdurance1508

permanence1509

durancea1513

permanency1555

durableness1587

indeficiency1614

duration1637

durancy1647

indelibleness1655

unfailingnessa1656

undissolution1662

permanentness1727

persistency1833

out-take1866

1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 139 That Magistracy in States is of duration, which is content to execute as a Minister, not to command as a Lord.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 380 Date..a Tree which both for quality, duration, and fruit is [etc.].

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 212 A Bason..of Ciment, is preferable to all for its Duration.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxxiv. 232 The brick..appears to be ill prepared for duration.

c. Phonetics. The quantity or length of a sound.

ΚΠ

1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 9. §21 A sound which can form a syllable by itself is called syllabic. Syllabicness implies an appreciable duration and force.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 109 Duration (or quantity) is the relative length of time through which the vocal organs are kept in a position.

1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. iii. 60 Many degrees of length, duration or quantity may be detected by observation and experiment in most languages.

1962 A. C. Gimson Introd. Pronunc. Eng. 24 We shall..refer later to the ‘long’ vowels of English such as those of bean and barn, as compared with the ‘short’ vowel in bin. But, in making such statements, we shall not be referring to absolute duration values.

d. The time during which a war lasts, used first of the 1914–18 war from the term of enlistment ‘for four years or the duration of the war’; esp. in for the duration, until the end of the war; hence, for a long or an unconscionably long time. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a long time

longeOE

longOE

longlyOE

longsomelyOE

yorec1275

lastingly1372

longsa1450

for longa1530

in length1566

with the longest1636

stayingly1648

eternally1664

sometime1801

chronically1854

forever1861

somewhile1864

for the duration1916

long-term1947

secularly1971

1916 Punch 12 July 51 ‘I've got a lot of contracts to finish.’ ‘How long will they take?’ ‘Oh, about three years—or the duration of the War.’

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 86 Duration, for the, a phrase often used colloquially to express weariness and impatience. Men, for instance, whose relief was long overdue might be heard complaining, ‘Are we going to stop here for the duration?’

1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Apr. Nothing so prosaic as ‘doing one's bit’ would have kept an Italian heart up ‘for the duration’.

1939 Punch 1 Nov. 483/1 Miss Dodge's motor-bicycle..has been laid up for the duration.

1940 New Statesman 19 Oct. 381 We have received a number of letters from country readers offering week-end hospitality for those who must work in London, or ‘duration’ hospitality for their children.

1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah xi. 176 That ought to keep you busy for the duration.

1960 L. Durrell Clea ii. iii. 157 The war had intervened... The Brigadier was pinned down..‘for the duration’.

†2. Hardening. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [noun] > becoming or making hard

hardingeOE

hardingc1405

hardening?c1425

duration1617

obduration1654

during1804

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 342 Duration is either when things mollified at the fire are set in a colde place to harden: or by boiling..doe wax hard.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. L2 The doctrine of Mollition and Duration.

Compounds

duration-block n. (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. xv. 610 The unit of composition of our perception of time is a duration, with a bow and a stern, as it were—a rearward- and a forward-looking end. It is only as parts of this duration-block that the relation of succession of one end to the other is perceived.

1935 Mind 44 33 There is no such thing as a simple present; the present, to use William James's expression, is a ‘duration-block’ made up of ‘succeeding’ parts.

Derivatives

duˈrational adj. pertaining to duration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective]

longOE

timefulc1390

voluminousa1661

protensive1673

diachronic1857

durational1881

1881 Spottiswoode in Nature No. 623. 549 The durational character of this former is very much more marked than that of this latter.

1930 F. R. Blake in Curme Vol. Ling. Studies 38 There is only one temporal durational case.

1942 Mind 51 150 Only when they have been redigested and creatively synthesized as metaphysical derivatives of eternal action can their durational causality be discovered.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	duration
释义	durationn. /djʊˈreɪʃən/ Etymology: < obsolete French duration, < late Latin dūrātiōn-em , noun of action < dūrāre to harden, endure: see dure v. Used by Chaucer, and then after 1600; not in Shakespeare. 1. a. Lasting, continuance in time; the continuance or length of time; the time during which a thing, action, or state continues. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] lengtha1240 date?1316 durationc1384 hautesse1399 quantity?a1425 periodc1475 tracta1513 allowance1526 continuance1530 wideness1535 continue1556 protense1590 countenance1592 stay1595 standing1600 dimension1605 longanimity1607 longinquity1607 insisture1609 existence1615 unprivationa1628 continuity1646 protension1654 measure1658 course1665 contention1666 propagation1741 protensity1886 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1024 And yaf hem eke duracioun. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2132 That same Prince..Hath stabliced in this wrecched world adoun Certeine dayes and duracioun [Corp., Petworth, Lansd. dominacioun] To al that is engendred in this place. 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxx. §5. 283 The actuall visibilitie of colours wholly depends vpon the light, as well for existence as duration. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 287 What is Duration, but the persevering of a thing in its existence? 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 80 in Ess. Effects Motion Their duration was unequal, some lasting ten or fifteen days, and others longer. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 94. ¶5 That Space of Duration which we call a Minute. 1783 W. Cowper Let. 24 Feb. (1981) II. 109 The Peace will probably be of short duration. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iv. 118 The average duration of human life in the agricultural districts is beyond that of the great cities. †b. Lasting in use; endurance of wear; durableness, permanence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [noun] > durability tack1412 durableness1579 durability1593 durance1599 duration1637 wearability1927 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] durabilityc1374 duringc1374 lastingnessa1398 perdurance1508 permanence1509 durancea1513 permanency1555 durableness1587 indeficiency1614 duration1637 durancy1647 indelibleness1655 unfailingnessa1656 undissolution1662 permanentness1727 persistency1833 out-take1866 1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 139 That Magistracy in States is of duration, which is content to execute as a Minister, not to command as a Lord. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 380 Date..a Tree which both for quality, duration, and fruit is [etc.]. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 212 A Bason..of Ciment, is preferable to all for its Duration. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxxiv. 232 The brick..appears to be ill prepared for duration. c. Phonetics. The quantity or length of a sound. ΚΠ 1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 9. §21 A sound which can form a syllable by itself is called syllabic. Syllabicness implies an appreciable duration and force. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 109 Duration (or quantity) is the relative length of time through which the vocal organs are kept in a position. 1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. iii. 60 Many degrees of length, duration or quantity may be detected by observation and experiment in most languages. 1962 A. C. Gimson Introd. Pronunc. Eng. 24 We shall..refer later to the ‘long’ vowels of English such as those of bean and barn, as compared with the ‘short’ vowel in bin. But, in making such statements, we shall not be referring to absolute duration values. d. The time during which a war lasts, used first of the 1914–18 war from the term of enlistment ‘for four years or the duration of the war’; esp. in for the duration, until the end of the war; hence, for a long or an unconscionably long time. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a long time longeOE longOE longlyOE longsomelyOE yorec1275 lastingly1372 longsa1450 for longa1530 in length1566 with the longest1636 stayingly1648 eternally1664 sometime1801 chronically1854 forever1861 somewhile1864 for the duration1916 long-term1947 secularly1971 1916 Punch 12 July 51 ‘I've got a lot of contracts to finish.’ ‘How long will they take?’ ‘Oh, about three years—or the duration of the War.’ 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 86 Duration, for the, a phrase often used colloquially to express weariness and impatience. Men, for instance, whose relief was long overdue might be heard complaining, ‘Are we going to stop here for the duration?’ 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Apr. Nothing so prosaic as ‘doing one's bit’ would have kept an Italian heart up ‘for the duration’. 1939 Punch 1 Nov. 483/1 Miss Dodge's motor-bicycle..has been laid up for the duration. 1940 New Statesman 19 Oct. 381 We have received a number of letters from country readers offering week-end hospitality for those who must work in London, or ‘duration’ hospitality for their children. 1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah xi. 176 That ought to keep you busy for the duration. 1960 L. Durrell Clea ii. iii. 157 The war had intervened... The Brigadier was pinned down..‘for the duration’. †2. Hardening. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [noun] > becoming or making hard hardingeOE hardingc1405 hardening?c1425 hardening?c1425 duration1617 obduration1654 during1804 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 342 Duration is either when things mollified at the fire are set in a colde place to harden: or by boiling..doe wax hard. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. L2 The doctrine of Mollition and Duration. Compounds duration-block n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. xv. 610 The unit of composition of our perception of time is a duration, with a bow and a stern, as it were—a rearward- and a forward-looking end. It is only as parts of this duration-block that the relation of succession of one end to the other is perceived. 1935 Mind 44 33 There is no such thing as a simple present; the present, to use William James's expression, is a ‘duration-block’ made up of ‘succeeding’ parts. Derivatives duˈrational adj. pertaining to duration. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] longOE timefulc1390 voluminousa1661 protensive1673 diachronic1857 durational1881 1881 Spottiswoode in Nature No. 623. 549 The durational character of this former is very much more marked than that of this latter. 1930 F. R. Blake in Curme Vol. Ling. Studies 38 There is only one temporal durational case. 1942 Mind 51 150 Only when they have been redigested and creatively synthesized as metaphysical derivatives of eternal action can their durational causality be discovered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1384
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