during
/ˈdjʊərɪŋ
/preposition
1Throughout the course or duration of (a period of time): the restaurant is open during the day the period during which he grew to adulthood...
- So to catch these spring beasts you obviously need a water that is open during the spring period.
- All that is needed is to keep an eye open during the normal course of your daily life.
- The plans will be discussed during a public consultation period to be held soon.
Synonyms
throughout, through, in, in the course of, throughout the time of, for the time of, in the time of
1.1At a particular point in the course of: the stabbing took place during a row at a party...
- In May this year he was said to have put a gun to her head during an argument.
- A senior police officer said her husband had confessed to hitting her during a row.
- However during the argument, she cited my parents as a source for one of her arguments.
Origin
Late Middle English: present participle of the obsolete verb dure 'last, endure, extend', via Old French from Latin durare 'to last' (see duration).
Rhymes
- best off
- bestow
- bestowal
- best practice
- best-quality
- best-read
- bestrew
- bestride
- bestride something like a colossus
- be struck all of a heap
- be strung out
- best-sell
- bestseller
- bestsellerdom
- bestsellerism
- bestsellership
- bestselling
- be stuck (or caught) in a time warp
- best wisher
- best wishes
- besuited
- be sure
- bet
- beta
- beta-adrenergic