during

See also During

English

Etymology

Present participle of dure.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdjʊəɹɪŋ/, SAMPA: /"djU@rIN/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈdʊəɹɪŋ/, /ˈdʒʊəɹɪŋ/, SAMPA: /"dU@rIN/, /"dZU@rIN/

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• Rhymes: -ʊərɪŋ
• Hyphenation: dur‧ing

Preposition

during

1. For all of a given time interval.

   I lived with my parents during the 1970's.

   The shop was one of the few able to stay open during the war.

2. At any time or period within a given time interval.

   I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980's.

   Many of the best examples were produced during the Restoration.

Translations

for all of a given time interval

Arabic: خلال (ar) (xilāla), في (ar) (fi), أثناء (ar) (ʾaṯnāʾa) Bulgarian: в продължение на (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 在...期間, 在...期间 (zài...qījiān) Czech: po dobu (cs) Danish: i (da), gennem (da) Dutch: gedurende (nl) Estonian: jooksul (et) Finnish: ajan (postpositional usage) French: durant (fr), pendant (fr)

German: während (de) Haitian Creole: pandan Italian: durante (it) Japanese: ..の間 (ja) (... no aida), ...のうち (ja) (... no uchi) Portuguese: durante (pt) Russian: в течение (ru) (v tečénije), в (ru) (v) Scottish Gaelic: ri linn (gd) Spanish: durante (es), a lo largo de (es) Swedish: under hela, genom hela (without interruptions)

within a given time interval

Arabic: أثناء (ar) (ʾaṯnāʾa) Bulgarian: по време на (bg) Czech: během (cs) Danish: i løbet af, i, under Dutch: tijdens (nl), in (nl) Estonian: sees (et) Finnish: aikana (postpositional usage) French: durant (fr), pendant (fr) German: während (de)

Haitian Creole: pandan Italian: durante (it) Portuguese: durante (pt) Russian: в течение (ru) (v tečénije), во время (ru) (vo vrémja), во времена (ru) (vo vremená), при (ru) (pri) Scottish Gaelic: ri linn (gd) Spanish: durante (es), a lo largo de (es) Swedish: under (sv)

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Hungarian: közben Ido: dum

Lojban: ca (jbo)

Related terms

• durable
• duration
• endure

Verb

during

1. Present participle of dure.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: gone · times · girl · #331: during · several · either · whether