name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
during
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/ non-yod-coalescence, without the pour–poor merger
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/ˈdjɔː.ɹɪŋ/ non-yod-coalescence, pour–poor merger
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/ˈd͡ʒʊə.ɹɪŋ/ yod-coalescence, without the pour–poor merger
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/ˈd͡ʒɔː.ɹɪŋ/ yod-coalescence, pour–poor merger
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/ˈd(j)ʊɚ.ɪŋ/ yod-dropping
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/ˈd(j)ɝ.ɪŋ/ yod-dropping
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɪʊɹɪŋ(ɡ)/
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɪʊɹɪn/
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/ˈdɪə.ɹɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ʊəɹɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: D UH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: D Y UH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 3: D ER1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
prep
Meaning 2
For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I lived with my parents during the 1970s.
- This shop, which was among the few able to stay open during the war, is closed during the whole of August.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Meaning 3
At any time or period within a given time interval or while a given event is ongoing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s.
- Many of the best examples were produced during the Restoration.
- We lost those files during the shift to the Cleveland office.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of dure
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Anglicisation of German Dühring or Düring.
From Middle English during, durynge, durinde, durand, durende, present participle of duren (“to last”), equivalent to dure + -ing. Compare Dutch gedurende (“during”). More at dure.
Across languages
Translations
148 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: gjatë — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: خِلَالَ (ḵilāla) — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: فِي (fī) — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: أَثْنَاءَ (ʔaṯnāʔa) — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: مُدَّةَ (muddata) — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: إِبَّان (ʔibbān) — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: خلال (ḵelāl) — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: أثناء (ʔasnāʔ) — for all of a given time interval
- Arabic: خلال (ḵilāl) — for all of a given time interval
- Armenian: ընթացքում (əntʻacʻkʻum) — for all of a given time interval
- Belarusian: на праця́гу (na pracjáhu) — for all of a given time interval
- Bulgarian: в продълже́ние на (v prodǎlžénie na) — for all of a given time interval
- Burmese: စဉ် (cany) — for all of a given time interval
- Catalan: durant — for all of a given time interval
- Chinese Mandarin: 在......期間 /在......期间 (zài...qījiān) — for all of a given time interval
- Czech: po dobu — for all of a given time interval
- Danish: i — for all of a given time interval
- Danish: gennem — for all of a given time interval
- Dutch: gedurende — for all of a given time interval
- Esperanto: dum — for all of a given time interval
- Estonian: jooksul — for all of a given time interval
- French: durant — for all of a given time interval
- French: pendant — for all of a given time interval
- French: au cours de — for all of a given time interval
- Middle French: entrementes — for all of a given time interval
- Georgian: განმავლობაში (ganmavlobaši) — for all of a given time interval
- Georgian: დროს (dros) — for all of a given time interval
- Georgian: მიმდინარეობისას (mimdinareobisas) — for all of a given time interval
- German: während — for all of a given time interval
- German: unter — for all of a given time interval
- Greek: κατά τη διάρκεια (katá ti diárkeia) — for all of a given time interval
- Haitian Creole: pandan — for all of a given time interval
- Hebrew: בְּמֶשֶׁךְ (beméshekh) — for all of a given time interval
- Hungarian: alatt — for all of a given time interval
- Hungarian: folyamán — for all of a given time interval
- Hungarian: során — for all of a given time interval
- Indonesian: ketika — for all of a given time interval
- Interlingua: durante — for all of a given time interval
- Irish: le linn — for all of a given time interval
- Irish: i rith — for all of a given time interval
- Irish: i gcaitheamh — for all of a given time interval
- Irish: ar feadh — for all of a given time interval
- Italian: durante — for all of a given time interval
- Italian: nel corso di — for all of a given time interval
- Japanese: ...の間 (... no aida) — for all of a given time interval
- Japanese: ...のうち (... no uchi) — for all of a given time interval
- Khmer: កាល (kaal) — for all of a given time interval
- Korean: ... 동안 (... dong'an) — for all of a given time interval
- Ladino: durante — for all of a given time interval
- Latin: inter — for all of a given time interval
- Norman: durànt — for all of a given time interval
- Norwegian: gjennom — for all of a given time interval
- Occitan: durant — for all of a given time interval
- Occitan: pendent — for all of a given time interval
- Persian: در طول (dar tul-e) — for all of a given time interval
- Polish: podczas — for all of a given time interval
- Polish: w czasie — for all of a given time interval
- Polish: w trakcie — for all of a given time interval
- Polish: w ciągu — for all of a given time interval
- Portuguese: durante — for all of a given time interval
- Russian: в тече́ние (v tečénije) — for all of a given time interval
- Russian: в продолже́ние (v prodolžénije) — for all of a given time interval
- Scottish Gaelic: ri linn — for all of a given time interval
- Serbo-Croatian: za vrijeme — for all of a given time interval
- Serbo-Croatian: tokom — for all of a given time interval
- Serbo-Croatian: tijekom — for all of a given time interval
- Slovak: počas — for all of a given time interval
- Slovene: med — for all of a given time interval
- Lower Sorbian: wob — for all of a given time interval
- Spanish: durante — for all of a given time interval
- Spanish: a lo largo de — for all of a given time interval
- Swedish: under hela — for all of a given time interval
- Swedish: genom hela — for all of a given time interval
- Thai: ระหว่าง (rá-wàang) — for all of a given time interval
- Thai: ขณะ (kà-nà) — for all of a given time interval
- Tibetan: རིང་ལ — for all of a given time interval
- Turkish: süresince — for all of a given time interval
- Turkish: sırasında — for all of a given time interval
- Ukrainian: про́тягом (prótjahom) — for all of a given time interval
- Vietnamese: trong — for all of a given time interval
- Vietnamese: trong lúc — for all of a given time interval
- Vietnamese: trong khi — for all of a given time interval
- Vietnamese: trong khoảng — for all of a given time interval
- Walloon: tins di — for all of a given time interval
- Walloon: do trevén di — for all of a given time interval
- Welsh: yn oed — for all of a given time interval
- Welsh: yn ystod — for all of a given time interval
- Yiddish: בעת (beys) — for all of a given time interval
- Yiddish: במשך (bemeshekh) — for all of a given time interval
- Albanian: gjatë — within a given time interval
- Arabic: أَثْنَاءَ (ʔaṯnāʔa) — within a given time interval
- Arabic: مُدَّةَ (muddata) — within a given time interval
- Arabic: أثناء (ʔasnāʔ) — within a given time interval
- Armenian: ընթացքում (əntʻacʻkʻum) — within a given time interval
- Azerbaijani: əsnasında — within a given time interval
- Azerbaijani: vaxtı — within a given time interval
- Azerbaijani: zamanı — within a given time interval
- Belarusian: падча́с (padčás) — within a given time interval
- Bulgarian: по вре́ме на (po vréme na) — within a given time interval
- Catalan: durant — within a given time interval
- Chinese Mandarin: 在......期間 /在......期间 (zài...qījiān) — within a given time interval
- Czech: během — within a given time interval
- Danish: i løbet af — within a given time interval
- Danish: i — within a given time interval
- Danish: under — within a given time interval
- Dutch: tijdens — within a given time interval
- Dutch: in — within a given time interval
- Estonian: sees — within a given time interval
- French: durant — within a given time interval
- French: pendant — within a given time interval
- Middle French: entrementes — within a given time interval
- German: während — within a given time interval
- German: unter — within a given time interval
- German: in — within a given time interval
- Greek: κατά τη διάρκεια (katá ti diárkeia) — within a given time interval
- Ancient Greek: ἐν (en) — within a given time interval
- Haitian Creole: pandan — within a given time interval
- Hungarian: közben — within a given time interval
- Hungarian: során — within a given time interval
- Hungarian: alatt — within a given time interval
- Hungarian: folyamán — within a given time interval
- Indonesian: selama — within a given time interval
- Irish: le linn — within a given time interval
- Italian: durante — within a given time interval
- Ladino: durante — within a given time interval
- Latin: inter — within a given time interval
- Norman: durànt — within a given time interval
- Norwegian: i løpet av — within a given time interval
- Polish: podczas — within a given time interval
- Polish: w czasie — within a given time interval
- Polish: w trakcie — within a given time interval
- Polish: w ciągu — within a given time interval
- Portuguese: durante — within a given time interval
- Russian: в тече́ние (v tečénije) — within a given time interval
- Russian: во вре́мя (vo vrémja) — within a given time interval
- Russian: во времена́ (vo vremená) — within a given time interval
- Russian: при (pri) — within a given time interval
- Scottish Gaelic: ri linn — within a given time interval
- Lower Sorbian: wob — within a given time interval
- Spanish: durante — within a given time interval
- Spanish: a lo largo de — within a given time interval
- Swedish: under — within a given time interval
- Udmurt: дыръя (dyrja) — within a given time interval
- Ukrainian: під ча́с (pid čás) — within a given time interval
- Walloon: do tins di — within a given time interval
- Walloon: sol tins di — within a given time interval
- Welsh: yn oed — within a given time interval
- Welsh: yn ystod — within a given time interval
Real reading context