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length ( Noun)
UK/US /leŋθ/
Plural
lengths
1-
n
the length or width of anything measured from one end to the other
-> Look at the length of that queue!
-> He measured the length and width of the table.
-> The pipe was six feet in length.
Synonym
measure,distant,extent
Opposite
norrowness,shortness
2-
n
the length of time you spend doing something or the fact that something continues
-> the last film ı have watched is over two hours in length.
-> The seminar was a week's length of time.
Synonym
duration, term ,period, span, expanse
Opposite
brevity,briefness,shortness
3-
n
the distance between two horses in a race and the distance between two ends of a swimming pool
-> my sister can swim 50 lengths a day.
-> I did 20 lengths today.
-> the horse won by two clear lengths
Synonym
long-windedness extensiveness
Opposite
briefness,shortness