noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/yod-coalescence
/djʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/without the yod-coalescence
Canada, General-American:/dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Canada, General-American:/djəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
California, Southern:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
ColoradoRecorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:D UH1 R EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.
She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.
an intermission of 15 minutes' duration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, singular, uncountable
Examples
Rationing will last at least for the duration.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.