size / measurement
1 [U,C] the size or measurement of sth from one end to the other:
This room is twice the length of the kitchen. * The river is 300 miles in length. * The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm. * He ran the entire length of the beach (= from one end to the other). * Did you see the length of his hair?
compareBREADTH, WIDTH
time
2 [U,C] the amount of time that sth lasts:
We discussed shortening the length of the course. * He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait. * She got a headache if she had to read for any length of time (= for a long time). * Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company. * Each class is 45 minutes in length.
of book / movie
3 [U,C] the amount of writing in a book, or a document, etc.; the amount of time that a film/movie lasts:
Her novels vary in length.
-length
4 (in adjectives) having the length mentioned:
shoulder-length hair
seealsoFULL-LENGTH, KNEE-LENGTH
of swimming pool
5 [C] the distance from one end of a swimming pool to the other:
He swims 50 lengths a day.
compareWIDTH
in race
6 [C] the size of a horse or boat from one end to the other, when it is used to measure the distance between two competitors in a race:
The horse won by two clear lengths.
long thin piece
7 [C] a long thin piece of sth:
a length of rope / string / wire * timber sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres
seealsoLONGadj.
IDIOMS
at length
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for length is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is length a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, length is tagged as noun.
Does length appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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