during
ˈdʊrɪŋ
Time as a band you stand inside, not a length you measure
The picture A long band laid out flat, with things happening on the inside of it. The band already has a name and a beginning and an end. FOR measures how long something lasted; DURING points to which stretch of time it happened inside.
Where the picture shows up in during
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throughout the whole stretch
Please stay seated during the flight.
pliːz steɪ ˈsiːtɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə flaɪt
Stay in your seat for the whole flight.
The band marked flight colored in from end to end.
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at some point inside it
He called twice during the meeting.
hiː kɔːld twaɪs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈmiːtɪŋ
He rang twice while the meeting was going on.
Two little dots for phone calls marked on the long band of the meeting.
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inside a named season
The shop gets busy during the holidays.
ðə ʃɑːp ɡets ˈbɪzi ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈhɑːlədeɪz
The shop gets crowded over the holidays.
A run of days on the calendar tied off as one block and shaded in.
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while one action runs
Please keep your arm still during the scan.
pliːz kiːp jɔːr ɑːrm stɪl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə skæn
Keep your arm still while the scan is running.
An arm frozen in place for exactly as long as the machine keeps turning.
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all through something hard
She stayed calm during the whole emergency.
ʃiː steɪd kɑːm ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə hoʊl ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi
She kept calm all the way through the emergency.
One person standing steady inside a band of noise and rushing.
All of it in one picture
DURING is the inside of a named band of time. Color the whole band and it means throughout; mark one dot on it and it means at some point in; tie off a run of days on the calendar and it means over the holidays; sit inside the band of one procedure and it means while the scan runs; sit inside the band of something hard and it means all through the crisis. Always inside the band, never outside it.