during

Definition

For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]"

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