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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “duration”

“duration” is pronounced /ˈdʊˈɹeɪʃən/ (DUU-ray-shuhn) in American English and /djʊəɹeɪʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “dur”.
The sound

Say “duration” in 3 beats

Say it like this

duration

/ˈdʊˈɹeɪʃən/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /djʊəɹeɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

3 beats
  1. durdʊstress
  2. atɹeɪ
  3. ionʃən
IPA (American)
/ˈdʊˈɹeɪʃən/
IPA (British)
/djʊəɹeɪʃən/
Respelling
DUU-ray-shuhn
Syllables
3 — DUR-at-ion
Stress
Stress the first syllable: DUR-at-ion. “dur” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
noun
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈdʊˈɹeɪʃən/

British

/djʊəɹeɪʃən/

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Meaning

What “duration” means

  1. noun

    the period of time during which something continues

  2. noun

    the property of enduring or continuing in time

  3. noun

    continuance in time

    “the ceremony was of short duration”

Say it in a sentence

“For the duration of the storm we sat in the hallway.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

7 sounds, in the order you say them
ddʊshort ooɹreɪlong aʃshəschwann

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Questions

“duration”, answered

How do you pronounce “duration”?

“duration” is pronounced /ˈdʊˈɹeɪʃən/ (DUU-ray-shuhn) in American English and /djʊəɹeɪʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “dur”. Build it as DUR-at-ion, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “duration” have?

3: dur · at · ion. The beat lands on the first, “dur”.

Is “duration” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈdʊˈɹeɪʃən/ (DUU-ray-shuhn); British English says /djʊəɹeɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “duration” mean?

As a noun: the period of time during which something continues For example: “For the duration of the storm we sat in the hallway.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “duration”?

Stress the first syllable: DUR-at-ion. “dur” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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