Meaning

58 senses

  1. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

    The arrow descended in a curved line.

  2. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

    An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.

    Gerade

    пряма́яprjamája, ли́нияlínija

    пряма́prjamá

    a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

  3. (informal)A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.

    Strecke

    отре́зокotrézok

    відрі́зокvidrízok

  4. An edge of a graph.

    Kante

    ребро́rebró

    грани́цяhranýcja

  5. A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.

    Breitenkreis, Längenkreis

    ли́нияlínija

    мередіа́нmeredián

  6. The equator.

  7. One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

    Linie, Taktstrich

    лине́йкаlinéjka

    лі́ніяlínija

  8. The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).

  9. The goal line.

  10. A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.

  11. A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.

    something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

  12. A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.

    a brake line

    the main water line to the house

Examples

1712 sentences

  1. Many people were waiting in line.

    У черзі чекало багато людей.

    ruВ очереди ждало много людей.

    deViele Leute standen Schlange.

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  2. I'm afraid the line is busy.

    На жаль, лінія занята.

    ruК сожалению, линия занята.

    deIch fürchte, es ist besetzt.

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  3. You must read between the lines.

    Ти маєш читати між рядків.

    ruВы должны читать между строк.

    deMan muss zwischen den Zeilen lesen.

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  4. Leave more space between the lines.

    Залишайте більше простору між рядками.

    ruОставь больший промежуток между линиями.

    deLasst mehr Abstand zwischen den Zeilen.

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  5. Draw a line on your paper.

    Накресли лінію на своєму папері.

    ruНачерти линию на своей бумаге.

    deZeichnen Sie einen Strich auf Ihr Blatt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 12
rope, cord, or string:
path through two or more points, threadlike mark:
single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.:
amount of powdery drug:
geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure:
geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure:
graph theory: edge of a graph:
geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map:
direction, path:
telephone or network connection:
fortifications: trench or rampart:
long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline:
Русский
By meaning 12
rope, cord, or string:
path through two or more points, threadlike mark:
single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.:
amount of powdery drug:
geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure:
geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure:
graph theory: edge of a graph:
music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed:
direction, path:
telephone or network connection:
exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline:
long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline:
Deutsch
By meaning 12
rope, cord, or string:
path through two or more points, threadlike mark:
single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.:
amount of powdery drug:
geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure:
geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure:
graph theory: edge of a graph:
geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map:
music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed:
telephone or network connection:
threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle:
straight sequence of people, queue:

Origin

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series,

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

Borrowed from Korean 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), itself from English line. Likely generalized via hyung line, maknae line, etc.

From Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen.

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Forms

plural: lines

Synonyms

20 synonyms
letterA1noteA1queueB1tailB2rowA1straight lineline segmentepistlelineupline of engagement
Close in meaning

Word family

675 related words
RelatedcurveB1pointA1segmentB2linearC1lineagelineal
DerivedairlineB1coastlineB2deadlineB1guidelineB2headlineB1onlineA2outlineB2underlineA1absorption lineacanthiomeatal lineaccommodation lineaddress lineadvicelineagonic lineair linealineanchor lineapse linearterial lineart lineassembly lineattention lineback linebankline

Collocations

12 patterns
  • waiting in line
  • stand in line
  • between the lines
  • the finish line
  • in line for
  • out of line
  • finish line
  • fine line between
  • next in line
  • of the line
  • line was busy
  • the bottom line

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
linchpinlindenlineagelinearC1linemanlinenB2
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