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length  (lngkth, lngth, lnth)

n.

1. The state, quality, or fact of being long. See Usage Note at strength.

2. The measurement of the extent of something along its greatest dimension: the length of the boat.

3. A piece, often of a standard size, that is normally measured along its greatest dimension: a length of cloth.

4. A measure used as a unit to estimate distances: won the race by a length.

5. Extent or distance from beginning to end: the length of a novel; the length of a journey.

6. The amount of time between specified moments; the duration: the length of a meeting.

7. Extent or degree to which an action or policy is carried. Often used in the plural: went to great lengths to prove his point.

8. Linguistics

a. The duration of a vowel.

b. The duration of a syllable.

9. The vertical extent of a garment. Often used in combination: knee-length; floor-length.

Idiom:

at length

1. After some time; eventually: At length we arrived at our destination.

2. For a considerable time; fully: spoke at length about the court ruling.

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[Middle English, from Old English lengthu; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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length

Noun

1. the extent or measurement of something from end to end

2. a specified distance, esp. between two positions: the length of a cricket-pitch

3. a period of time, as between specified limits or moments

4. the quality, state, or fact of being long rather than short

5. a piece of something, usually longer than it is wide: a length of twine

6. (usually pl) the amount of trouble taken in doing something: to go to great lengths

7. Prosody, phonetics the duration of a vowel or syllable

8. at length

a. after a long interval or period of time

b. in great detail [Old English lengthu]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	length - the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet" physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) circumference - the length of the closed curve of a circle diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference radius, r - the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere longness - the property of being of long spatial extent; "one gene causes shortness and the other causes longness" shortness - the property of being of short spatial extent; "the shortness of the Channel crossing" fundamental measure, fundamental quantity - one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
	2.	length - continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required" duration temporal property - a property relating to time longness - duration as an extension protraction, lengthiness, prolongation, continuation - the consequence of being lengthened in duration endlessness - the property of being (or seeming to be) without end shortness - the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time" brevity, briefness, transience - the attribute of being brief or fleeting permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration impermanence, impermanency - the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
	3.	length - the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words" extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
	4.	length - size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" distance leg - (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack size - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" arm's length - a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy gauge - the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train light time - distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves); "the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately 43 minutes" skip distance - the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere wingspan, wingspread - linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil wingspread - distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended altitude - the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
	5.	length - a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing" segment, section - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"

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length

noun 1. distance, reach, measure, extent, span, longitude

noun 2. duration, term, period, space, stretch, span, expanse

noun 3. piece, measure, section, segment, portion

noun 4. lengthiness, extent, elongation, wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, long-windedness, extensiveness, protractedness >> at length 5. at last, finally, eventually, in time, in the end, at long last

6. for a long time, completely, fully, thoroughly, for hours, in detail, for ages, in depth, to the full, exhaustively, interminably

Translations

length [lɛŋθ] n (= size) → largo, longitud f (= section) [of road, pipe] → tramo: [of rope etc] → largo;

at length (= at last) → por fin, finalmente (= lengthily); largamente;

it is 2 metres in length → tiene 2 metros de largo;

what length is it? → ¿cuánto tiene de largo?;

to fall full length → caer de bruces;

to go to any length(s) to do sth → ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa para hacer algo

length [lɛŋθ] n → longueur f (= section) [of road, pipe etc] → morceau m, bout m;

length of time → durée f;

what length is it? → quelle longueur fait-il?;

it is 2 metres in length → cela fait 2 mètres de long;

to fall full length → tomber de tout son long;

at length (= at last) → enfin, à la fin (= lengthily); longuement;

to go to any length(s) to do sth → faire n'importe quoi pour faire qch, ne reculer devant rien pour faire qch

length [lɛŋθ] n → Länge f (= piece); Stück nt (= amount of time); Dauer f;

the length of the island (all along) → die ganze Insel entlang;

2 metres in length → 2 Meter lang;

at length (= at last) → schließlich (= for a long time); lange;

to go to great lengths to do sth → sich dat sehr viel Mühe geben, etw zu tun;

to fall full-length → lang hinfallen;

to lie full-length → in voller Länge daliegen

length [lɛŋθ] n → lunghezza (= section) [of road, pipe etc] → pezzo, tratto;

length of time → periodo (di tempo);

what length is it? → quant'è lungo?;

it is 2 metres in length → è lungo 2 metri;

to fall full length → cadere lungo disteso;

at length (= at last) → finalmente, alla fine (= lengthily); a lungo;

to go to any length(s) to do sth → fare qualsiasi cosa pur di or per fare qc

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length

n length [leŋθ]

1 the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.lengteطولдължинаdélkalængdedie Längeμήκος, διάρκειαlongitud, largopikkusطول؛ درازاpituuslongueur; duréeאוֹרֶךलम्बाईdužinahossz(úság); (idő)tartampanjanglengdlunghezza; durata長さ길이ilgis, trukmėgarums; ilgumspanjang; tempohlengte, duurlengde, varighetdługośćextensãolungime; duratăдлина; продолжительностьdĺžkadolžinadužinalängdระยะห่างuzunluk, boy長度довжинаلمبائی، طولchiều dài长度

2 a piece of something, especially cloth I bought a (3–metre) length of silk.lengteطولпарчеkusstykkedas Stückκομμάτιpedazo, trozotükkقوارهpalacouponאוֹרֶךलंबाई, किसी वस्तु की लंबाई, कपड़े के थान आदि की लंबाईdužinahosszú(ságú)sepotongtiltekin lengd af e-utaglio特定の長さのもの...만큼의 길이gabalasgabals; atgriezumspanjangstukstykke, lengdesztuka, kuponpedaçobucată, cuponотрезkusodmerjen kos (blaga)dužinalängd, styckeความยาวparça, boy(一)段відрізок; шматокکپڑے کا قطعہđộ dài（一）段

3 in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.lengteوِحْدَة قِياسдължинаdélkalængdedie Längeη μέτρηση από άκρη σε άκρη, η διαφορά ενός μήκους (π.χ. σε αγώνες)largo(võistlusvahendi) pikkusطولhevosen mitta, veneen mittalongueurאוֹרֶךविस्तार, फैलावdužinahosszukuran panjanghestslengd, bátslengddistanza一馬［艇］身1마신(馬身), 1정신(艇身)(korpuso) ilgis(korpusa) garumsjarak panjanglengte(heste-/båt)lengdedługośćcomprimento QUERYlungi­meдлина корпусаdĺžkadolžinadužinalängdความยาวboy身長距離довжина корпусуدوڑ کے مقابلے میں گھوڑے یا کشتی کی طولchung cuộc身长距离

v ˈlengthen

to make or become longer I'll have to lengthen this skirt; The days are lengthening now that the spring has come.verlengيُطَوِّلудължавамprodloužitforlænge; blive længereverlängernμακραίνωalargarpikendama, pikenemaدراز کردنpidentää, pidetä(r)allongerלְהַאֲרִיךलम्बा करना, दीर्घ करनाprodužiti (se)(meg)hosszabbít; hosszabbodikmemanjangkanlengjaallungare, allungarsi伸びる길게 하다; 길어지다(pa)ilginti, ilgėtipagarināt; pagarinātiesmemanjangkanlanger worden, verlengenforlenge, bli lengreprzedłużyć, podłużyć, wydłużyć sięalongar(-se)a (se) lun­gi, a (se) măriудлинять(ся)predĺžiťpodaljšati (se)produžitilägga ner, förlänga, göra (bli) längreทำให้ยาวขึ้นuza(t)mak使延長подовжувати(ся); тягнутисяلمبا ہونا یا کرناkéo dài ra使延长

adv ˈlengthways/ˈlengthwise

in the direction of the length She folded the towels lengthways.in die lengteطولا، بالطّولнадлъжna délkupå langsder Länge nachκατά μήκοςlongitudinalmente, a lo largopikutiاز درازاpituussuuntaandans le sens de la longueurלָאוֹרֶךलम्बाई मेंpo dužinihosszábanmemanjanglangsumnel senso della lunghezza縦に길게, 세로로išilgaigareniski; garumāmemanjangoverlangspå langs, etter lengdenwzdłuż, na długośćao compridoîn lungimeв длину; вдольna dĺžkupo dolgemuzdužpå längden, längs efterด้านยาวuzunluğuna, uzunlamasına縱向地у довжину; уздовжطولا متوازیtheo chiều dọc纵长地，纵向地

adj ˈlengthy

of great, often too great, length This essay is interesting but lengthy.langdradigمُطَوَّل، مُسْهَبдълег(příliš) dlouhýlangtrukkenlangatmigμακροσκελήςlargo, extensoliiga pikkدراز؛ طویلliian pitkä(trop) longאָרוֹך מְאוֹדलम्बा, अपविस्तृतpodugačakhosszadalmasterlalu panjanglangdreginnprolisso長たらしい긴per ilgas, ištęstaspārāk garš; []stieptslamalandurig, langdradiglangtrukken, omstendeligprzydługilongo(prea) lungрастянутый(príliš) dlhýrazvlečendugačaklång[]ยืดยาวçok uzun過長的дуже довгий, розтягнутийبہت لمباdài过长

at length

1 in detail; taking a long time She told us at length about her accident.uitvoerigبالتَّفْصيلподробенzeširokaudførligt; længeausführlichλεπτομερώς, διεξοδικάen detalle, a fondo, largo y tendidopõhjalikultبه تفصیلjuurta jaksainen long et en largeלִפרָטִיםविस्तार सेpotankorészletesenterincií smáatriðumdiffusamente, a lungo詳しく상세하게išsamiaigari un plašidengan panjang lebaruitvoerigutførlig, uttømmendeszczegółowolongamentepe largделально; пространноzoširokana dolgodetaljnolänge, utförligtอธิบายโดยละเอียดayrıntılarıyla, uzun uzadıya詳細地докладноتفصیل سےchi tiết详细地

2 at last At length the walkers arrived home.uiteindelikفي النهايَه، وأخيراнай-накраяkonečnělangt om længeendlichτελικάpor finlõpuksبالاخرهvihdoinenfinלְבַסוֹףअंत मेंnapokonvégreakhirnyaloksinsalla fine, finalmenteやっと결국pagaliaubeidzotakhirnyauiteindelijklangt om lengew końcupor fimpână la urmăнаконецkonečnekončnokonačnoslutligen, sent omsiderในที่สุดnihayet, en sonunda最後нарештіآخر کارsau cùng最后

go to any lengths

to do anything, no matter how extreme, dishonest, wicked etc, to achieve a particular aim She'd go to any lengths to get herself promoted.niks ontsien nieيَفْعَلُ كل ما يَسْتَطيعминавам през огън и ледnezastavit se před ničímgøre altalles Erdenkliche tunκάνω το παν, χρησιμοποιώ όλα τα μέσαhacer lo que sea para conseguir algoei löö millegi ees risti etteبه هر قیمتی کاری را انجام دادنolla valmis mihin tahansane reculer devant rien pourלִנקוֹט בְּכָל הָאֶמצָעִיםकिसी काम की सीमा, हद, चरम सीमाići do krajamindent elkövetmelakukan segalanyasvífast einskis(fare carte false per)どんな事でもやる모든 노력을 다하다nieko nepaisyti, nesiskaityti su priemonėmisneapstāties nekādu šķēršļu priekšāmelakukan apa sajaniets ongedaan latenikke vike tilbake for noeposunąć się do ostatecznościir a extremosa face oriceидти на всёnezastaviť sa pred ničímiti do skrajnostine ustuknuti ni pred čimgå hur långt som helst, inte sky ngtพยายามถึงที่สุดher yola başvurmak, allem etmek kallem etmek千方百計﹐不擇手段підти на все; вжити всіляких засобівکسی حد تک بھی چلے جاناsẵn sàng làm bất cứ điều gì竭尽全力