length

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
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.
4. (countable, uncountable) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
5. (countable, uncountable) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Total extent.
7. (countable, uncountable) Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) A penis.
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.

Verb

To lengthen.

Synonyms

height

duration

distance

extension

extent

tallness

depth

long

size

range

span

stature

interval

elongation

lengthiness

longness

measure

sheet

space

strip

section

overall length

longitudinal

milage

mileage

palm

period

piece

prolongation

reach

remoteness

row

segment

separation

short

side

standing

strand

stretch

tall

time

⌚

unequal

weigh

width

yardage

L

longtitude

front-to-back

great length

standoffishness

Translations

longueur

Länge

lunghezza

longitud

lengte

comprimento

largura

durée

μήκος

extensão

langdurigheid

boy

taille

longitude

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɛŋ(k)θ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lengthe

Inherited from Old English: lengþ

Cognate with Scots: lenth

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Loangte

Cognate with Western Frisian: lingte

Cognate with Dutch: lengte

Cognate with Danish: længde

Cognate with Swedish: längd

Cognate with Icelandic: lengd

In summary

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”).

Sentences

He had a great memory for poetry and often quoted it at length .

Each discipline's program runs two years in length .