duration

 
Pronunciation: /djʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • the time during which something continues: bicycle hire for the duration of your holiday a flight of over eight hours' duration

Phrases

for the duration

until the end of something, especially a war.
informal for a very long time: once she sits down on that settee, she’ll be there for the duration

Derivatives

durational

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin duratio(n-), from durare 'to last', from durus 'hard'