(~s, ~ning, ~ned)
1.
A ~ is the period of time between two dates or events during which something exists, functions, or happens.
The batteries had a life ~ of six hours...
Gradually the time ~ between sessions will increase.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
2.
Your concentration ~ or your attention ~ is the length of time you are able to concentrate on something or be interested in it.
His ability to absorb information was astonishing, but his concentration ~ was short...
N-COUNT: usu supp N
3.
If something ~s a long period of time, it lasts throughout that period of time or relates to that whole period of time.
His professional career ~ned 16 years...
The film, ~ning almost a quarter-century, tells the story of Henry Hill...
VERB: no passive, V n, V n
4.
If something ~s a range of things, all those things are included in it.
Bernstein’s compositions ~ned all aspects of music, from symphonies to musicals.
VERB: no passive, V n
5.
The ~ of something that extends or is spread out sideways is the total width of it from one end to the other.
It is a very pretty butterfly, with a 2 inch wing ~...
N-COUNT: usu with supp
6.
A bridge or other structure that ~s something such as a river or a valley stretches right across it.
Travellers get from one side to the other by walking across a footbridge that ~s a little stream.
VERB: V n
7.
see also spick and ~