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   length

   /lɛŋ(k)θ/

   noun

   • 1. the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object: "the delta is twenty kilometres in length" Similar extentextent lengthwisedistancedistance lengthwiselinear measurespanreachareaexpansestretchrangescope
   • ▪ the quality of being long: "the length of the waiting list" Similar perioddurationstretchtermspan
   • ▪ the length of a swimming pool as a measure of the distance swum: "fifty lengths of the pool"
   • ▪ the length of a horse, boat, etc., as a measure of the lead in a race: "the mare won the race by seven lengths"
   • ▪ the extent of a garment in a vertical direction when worn: "the length of her skirt"
   • ▪ the full distance that a thing extends for: "the muscles running the length of my spine"
   • ▪ the full extent of one's body: "he awkwardly lowered his length into the small car"
   • ▪ the metrical quantity or duration of a vowel or syllable: "the length of the syllable is isomorphic with the length of the syllabic vowel"
   • 2. the amount of time occupied by something: "delivery must be within a reasonable length of time" Similar perioddurationstretchtermspan
   • 3. a piece or stretch of something: "a length of brown satin" Similar pieceswatchportionsectionmeasuresegmentroll
   • 4. an extreme to which a course of action is taken: "they go to great lengths to avoid the press"
   • 5. the distance from the batter at which a well-bowled ball pitches: "Lewis tended to bowl short of a length"
   • 6. (in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more: "to open one heart with equal length in hearts and spades is in the modern Acol style"

   Word Origin Old Englishlengthu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lengte, also to long1.

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   What does length mean?

   • The meaning of LENGTH is the longer or longest dimension of an object. How to use length in a sentence.

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   What is length noun?

   • Definition of length noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [uncountable, countable] the size or measurement of something from one end to the other in length The river is 300 miles in length. Safety barriers will be installed along the full length of the road.

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   What do you mean by extent?

   • 1. the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. 2. the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. 3. extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration, account, book, etc.: a report 300 pages in length. 4. extent in time; duration: the length of a visit.

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   What is length in linguistics?

   • 6. The amount of time between specified moments; the duration: the length of a meeting. 7. often lengths Extent or degree to which an action or policy is carried: went to great lengths to prove his point. 8. Linguistics

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   1. the linear extent or measurement of something from end to end, usually being the longest dimension or, for something fixed, the longest horizontal dimension. 2. the extent of something from beginning to end, measured in some more or less regular units or intervals: the book was 600 pages in length.

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   Length is a measurement of how long something is in time or space. You can measure the length of a table or the length of a movie.

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   1. the linear extent or measurement of something from end to end, usually being the longest dimension or, for something fixed, the longest horizontal dimension. 2. the extent of something from beginning to end, measured in some more or less regular units or intervals. the book was 600 pages in length.