Duration
Duration noun - Uninterrupted or lasting existence.
Usage example: scientists warning that the very duration of our civilization depends upon finding a solution to this major environmental problem
Subsistence and duration are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subsistence" instead a noun "Duration".
Subsistence
Subsistence noun - Uninterrupted or lasting existence.
Usage example: the subsistence of the patient's infection, even after the use of antibiotics, had the doctors puzzled
Duration and subsistence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Duration" instead a noun "Subsistence".
Nearby Words: subsist, subsisting
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- life and duration
- life and subsistence
- being and duration
- being and subsistence
- continuation and duration
- continuation and subsistence
- endurance and duration
- endurance and subsistence
- durability and duration
- durability and subsistence
- continuance and duration
- continuance and subsistence
- actuality and duration
- actuality and subsistence
How words are described
| single | single duration | single subsistence |
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Subsistence and Duration. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/duration/subsistence
Duration & Subsistence. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/duration/subsistence>.
Subsistence or Duration. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/duration/subsistence.
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