during [ dur·ing ]
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1. Throughout the course or duration of (a period of time)
Walking through the city during the morning rush hour can be a bit of a battle.
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2. At a particular point in the course of.
the stabbing took place during a row at a party
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Origin
1. Late Middle English present participle of the obsolete verb dure ‘last, endure, extend’, via Old French from Latin durare ‘to last’ (see duration).

