indefinite duration

collocation in English

meaningsofindefiniteandduration

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indefinite
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdef.ɪ.nət/us
/ɪnˈdef.ən.ət/
not exact, not clear, or without ...
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duration
noun[U]
uk
/dʒʊəˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/duːˈreɪ.ʃən/
the length of time that ...
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(Definition ofindefiniteanddurationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rays have been simulated by using photon number profiles very narrow in space and withindefinitedurationin time.
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A specific calculation allows us to affirm thatindefinitedurationimplies the realization of all probabilities.
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Certainly, the first notion of the invariability of the forms derives from the practicallyindefinitedurationof the solid body.
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It is an outdoor sound installation ofindefinitedurationand, in this particular performance, was specifically designed for a large backyard with a good dozen or so large trees.
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So long as we do not know the date of our deaths then for each of us the "rest of our lives" is ofindefiniteduration.
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His wording, "a sentence ofindefiniteduration", would help to stiffen the expression "life sentence" which means nothing to the criminal who really knows.
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It is whole-time service ofindefinitedurationas is to be expected in the context of general war.
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Of course, the arrangements for sugar are ofindefinitedurationand are not up for renegotiation.
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The figures are 38 appointments for a specific period and one appointment ofindefiniteduration.
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These quotas are ofindefiniteduration, provided that the countries concerned continue to fulfil them.
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This golden share will be ofindefinitedurationand will exist so long as government have a meaningful share in the partnership.
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Those commitments are ofindefiniteduration, and to that extent they are commitments to which we must hold, and that we must support.
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He can have the assurance, quite definitely, that this is a policy deliberately intended and introduced, and it is of anindefiniteduration.
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You will have noted that, compared with the earlier directives the arrangements proposed are ofindefiniteduration.
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Then we could have a conference, perhaps ofindefiniteduration, on those terms.
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That is not in the same position as bananas because it is covered by a protocol ofindefiniteduration.
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Agreement was reached on a protocol which embodies the principle ofindefinitedurationof access arrangements.
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It is ofindefiniteduration, with no date given for resumption.
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We should have found ourselves involved in a three-cornered war ofindefiniteduration.
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