during
/ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.72 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
name
A surname.
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[…]"
- "They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups."
- "Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction."
- "I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s."
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.