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The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

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  1. n. The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.
  2. n. the period of time during which something continues
  3. n. the property of enduring or continuing in time
  4. n. continuance in time
  5. The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. Macaulay. Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster.
  6. The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; theportion of time during which anything exists.It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited.Macaulay.Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster.
  7. n:100 n. the period of time during which something continues n. the property of enduring or continuing in time n. continuance in time