# during

Pronunciation: US say "DUR-ing" /ˈd(j)ɜɹɪŋ/; UK say "DYOOR-ing" /ˈdjʊəɹɪŋ/

## Preposition

1. At some time within, or throughout the whole of, a specified period.
   - Simple: At some time in a period, or all through it, as in 'during the night'.
   - _Someone knocked during the meeting._
   - _The best pieces were made during the sixties._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of dure, the archaic verb 'to last, endure' ('the truce during many years'). *(archaic)* — present participle and gerund of dure
   - Simple: The '-ing' form of dure, an old word for 'last'.

## Origin

Middle English formed it as the present participle of duren ("to last"), with spellings such as during, durynge, durand, and durende. It is equivalent to dure + -ing, and Dutch gedurende ("during") makes a good comparison.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/during (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).