Length
21length */*/*/ — UK [leŋθ] / US noun Word forms length : singular length plural lengths 1) [countable/uncountable] a measurement of how long something is in size Cut the cloth to the required length. This beautiful bird is small, with a total length of about… …
22length — /leNT/ noun 1 SIZE (C, U) the measurement of something from one end to the other (+ of): The fish can grow to a length of four feet. | 2 feet in length/10 metres in length etc: Vehicles of over 3 metres in length pay an additional toll. | pieces… …
23length — /lengkth, length, lenth/, n. 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,… …
24Length — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Length >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 length length longitude span Sgm: N 1 mileage mileage GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 line line bar rule stripe streak spoke …
25length — /lɛŋθ / (say length) noun 1. the linear magnitude of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. 2. extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration, account, book, etc. 3. extent in time; duration: the length of a battle. 4 …
26length — [[t]lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθ[/t]] n. 1) the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river[/ex] 2) wam the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure 3) extent from beginning to end of a series,… …
27length — n. 1 measurement or extent from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of a body. 2 extent in, of, or with regard to, time (a stay of some length; the length of a speech). 3 the distance a thing extends (at arm s… …
28length — n. 1) at length (she described each event at great length) 2) in length (ten feet in length) 3) (misc.) to keep smb. at arm s length ( to keep smb. at a certain distance ); to go to great lengths to do smt. ( to make a great effort to do smt. ) * …
29length*/*/*/ — [leŋθ] noun 1) [C/U] a measurement of how long something is in size The boat was 16 feet in length.[/ex] 2) [C] the distance from one end of something to the other Carter ran half the length of the pitch to score a brilliant goal.[/ex] 3) [C/U] a …
30-length — [[t] leŋθ[/t]] COMB in ADJ length combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe something that is of a certain length, or long enough to reach the point indicated by the noun. → See also full length ...shoulder length hair. ...knee length… …
