Duration: alternatives and connections

Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

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The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

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That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

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The quality of being endless; perpetuity.

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Alt. of Impermanency

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lack of permanence.

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The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

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Length.

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Alt. of Permanency

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The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permane…

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The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

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A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in wi…

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imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc.…

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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Alt. of Transiency

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The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered throu…

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Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered throu…

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Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

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The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can…

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