1.
The ~ of an event or state is the time during which it happens or exists.
He was given the task of protecting her for the ~ of the trial...
Courses are of two years’ ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n
2.
If you say that something will happen for the ~, you mean that it will happen for as long as a particular situation continues.
His wounds knocked him out of combat for the ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v