Good morning to anyone,
Could anyone explain me what the expression "to last into" means?
Here's some context (a sentence taken from the public abstract of a report about the new covid-19 coronavirus).
"Under current critical care capacities, however, the overall duration of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic could last into 2022, requiring social distancing measures to be in place between 25% ... and 75% ... of that time. ".
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- rickycom
April 2020
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![]() | exRangerApril 2020 Ricky: The answer to your question is contained in your example, i.e., "...overall duration of ... could last into 2022." The phrase "to last into" means, essentially, the duration of a phenomenon, i.e., for what length of time it persists, thus, it's duration. Think of it as having the same meaning as "continues" or "continue into", e.g., "the economic impact of the CV-19 pandemic will continue into 2022." Does this make sense to you? - exRanger |
![]() | svyatoslawJuly 2020 It means like "expiration date " of something |