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- [lengkth, length, lenth]
- /lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθ/
- /leŋθ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lengkth, length, lenth]
- /lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθ/
Definitions of length word
- noun length the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. 1
- noun length the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. 1
- noun length extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration, account, book, etc.: a report running 300 pages in length. 1
- noun length extent in time; duration: the length of a battle. 1
- noun length a distance determined by the extent of something specified: Hold the picture at arm's length. 1
- noun length a piece or portion of a certain or a known extent: a length of rope. 1
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Origin of length
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English length(e), Old English lengthu; cognate with Dutch lengte, Old Norse lengd. See long1, -th1
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Parts of speech for Length
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
length popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
length usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for length
noun length
- period — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- breadth — The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides.
- term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- mileage — the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
- span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
adjective length
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- tall — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
Antonyms for length
noun length
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- extreme — Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
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