Duration
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

AGE
How long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"

ERA
(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

RUN
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

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DATE
Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

TIDE
Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"

LIFE
A living person; "his heroism saved a life"

DAYS
The time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"

SPAN
A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

TERM
The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"

TIME
The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

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BEING
A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

RANGE
A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

SPACE
One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"

LAPSE
A mistake resulting from inattention

POINT
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

ORBIT
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

SPELL
A verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"

CYCLE
A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

SWEEP
A movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"

EPOCH
A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

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LENGTH
A section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"

SEASON
A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"

EXTENT
The distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"

DECADE
A period of 10 years

PERIOD
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"

COURSE
A mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"

RECORD
The sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president"

CAREER
The particular occupation for which you are trained

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STRETCH
Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"

HISTORY
A record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

CENTURY
Ten 10s

PASSING
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

MEASURE
How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

PASSAGE
The act of passing from one state or place to the next

PORTION
The allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

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VITALITY
The property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed"

SEQUENCE
Determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"

ADDITION
The act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years"

ELAPSING

SURVIVAL
Something that survives

LONGHAUL
A journey over a long distance; "it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles"

DISTANCE
The property created by the space between two objects or points

LIFESPAN
The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

LIFETIME
The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

STANDING
The act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

PROGRESS
Gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"

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CONSTANCY
Faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)

LONGEVITY
The property of being long-lived

ENDURANCE
The power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance"

EXTENSION
Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"

EXISTENCE
The state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"

TIMEFRAME
A time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur; "an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame"

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CONTINUITY
The property of a continuous and connected period of time

TIMEEXTENT

EXPECTANCY
Something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"

PILGRIMAGE
A journey to a sacred place

PERMANENCE
The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

TIMEPERIOD
An amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

GENERATION
The production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"

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PROTRACTION
The act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

CONTINUANCE
The act of continuing an activity without interruption

PERSISTENCE
The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

PROGRESSION
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

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CONTINUATION
The act of continuing an activity without interruption

CIRCUMSTANCE
Formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"

PROLONGATION
The act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

PERPETUATION
The act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

TIMEINTERVAL
A definite length of time marked off by two instants