Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

    Länge, Längenmaß

    длина́dliná

    довжина́dovžyná

    the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

  2. (countable, uncountable)Duration.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

    five lengths ahead of the field

    Pferdelänge

  4. (countable, uncountable)Distance between the two ends of a line segment.

    size of the gap between two places

  5. (countable, uncountable)The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

  6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Total extent.

    the length of a book

    the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end

  7. (countable, uncountable)Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

    a length of rope

    a length of hair

    a section of something that is long and narrow

  8. (countable, slang, uncountable)A penis.

    , Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.

  10. (countable, uncountable)The number of cards held in a particular suit.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.

Examples

243 sentences
  1. We discussed the problem at length.

    Ми ретельно обговорили проблему. — pinaxe

    ruМы детально обсудили проблему. — ashulga

    deWir diskutierten lange über dieses Problem. — jakov

  2. It is thirty meters in length.

    Є 30 метрів завдовжки. — aandrusiak

    ruЕго длина - тридцать метров. — Iolanda

    deEs ist 30 Meter lang. — Wolf

  3. At length, he began to cry.

  4. Could you cut it shoulder length?

  5. At length, I found his house.

    ruНаконец я нашел его дом. — odexed

    deEndlich fand ich sein Haus. — freddy1

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
distance along the longest dimension:
Русский
By meaning 1
distance along the longest dimension:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
distance along the longest dimension:
length of a horse:

Origin

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *lan

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”).

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