Diuturnity (Long duration)
Nouns
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diuturnity
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a long time, a length of time
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an age, a century, an eternity
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slowness etc. Slowness
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perpetuity etc. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity
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blue moon, coon's age [U.S.], dog's age. durableness, durability
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persistence, endlessness, lastingness etc. adj.
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continuance, standing
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permanence etc. (stability) Stability
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survival, survivance
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longevity etc. (age) Age
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distance of time. protraction of time, prolongation of time, extension of time
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delay etc. (lateness) Lateness.
Verbs
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last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years. tarry etc. (be late) Lateness
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drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain
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protract, prolong
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spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out
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temporize
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gain time, make time, talk against time. outlast, outlive
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survive
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live to fight again.
Adjectives
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durable
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lasting etc. v.
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of long duration, of long-standing
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permanent, endless, chronic, long-standing
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intransient, intransitive
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intransmutable, persistent
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lifelong, livelong
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longeval, long-lived, macrobiotic, diuturnal, evergreen, perennial
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sempervirent, sempervirid
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unrelenting, unintermitting, unremitting
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perpetual etc. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity. lingering, protracted, prolonged, spun out etc. v.. long-pending, long-winded
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slow etc. Slowness.
Adverbs
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long
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for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long, for many a long day
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long ago etc. (in a past time) [Retrospective time.] The Past
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all the year round
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the livelong day, as the day is long, morning noon and night
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hour after hour, day after day, c.
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for good
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permanently etc. adj..