during

See also During

English

Etymology

From Middle English during, durynge, durinde, durand, durende, present participle of Middle English duren (“to last”), equivalent to dure +‎ -ing. More at dure.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdjʊəɹɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"djU@rIN/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈdʊəɹɪŋ/, /ˈdʒʊəɹɪŋ/, X-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) (v prodǎlženie na)
• 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)

• Guernésiais: durànt
• 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)
• Walloon: tins di (wa), do trevén di (wa)

within a given time interval

• Arabic: أثناء (ar) (ʾaṯnāʾa)
• Bulgarian: по време на (bg) (po vreme na)
• 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)
• Guernésiais: durànt

• 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)
• Walloon: do tins di (wa), sol tins di (wa)

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• Georgian: განმავლობაში (ka) (ganmavlobaši) 
• Hungarian: közben

• Ido: dum
• Lojban: ca (jbo), ca'o (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