durability.

The capacity to resist deterioration or loss of effectiveness over time.

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Words that belong together

• material durability
• durability of an arrangement

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Material durability was tested under repeated exposure to moisture.

The durability of the arrangement depended on continued participation.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.