length

CEFRB1

/lɛŋ(k)θ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The distance from one end of something to the other.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

Examples

  • Measure the length of the line from A to B.

  • The length of the article is not to exceed 1000 words.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /leɪn(t)θ/
  • /leɪŋ(k)θ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

  2. Distance between the two ends of a line segment.

  3. The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

More examples

In context

  • The local school board would go to any length to ban that book.

  • five lengths ahead of the field

  • the length of a book

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).