short duration

Frequency: 8.518.1 per million words

lasting for a small amount of time

durationADJECTIVE + DURATION

Categories:

short

Examples (10)

  • The intense storm was of a surprisingly short duration.
  • Most common colds have a relatively short duration.
  • The training course is designed to have a short duration to fit busy schedules.
  • We had a meeting of short duration just to finalize the details.
  • The warning signal is a loud beep of very short duration.
  • Although the firework display had a short duration, it was incredibly spectacular.
  • The company offers internships of short duration for students during the summer.
  • The experiment requires exposing the sample to a light pulse of extremely short duration.
  • Any interruption to the service will be of a short duration.
  • He prefers watching movies of a short duration because he gets bored easily.