length
noun
[ lɛŋ(k)θ ]
• the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object.
• "the delta is twenty kilometres in length"
Similar:
extent,
extent lengthwise,
distance,
distance lengthwise,
linear measure,
span,
reach,
area,
expanse,
stretch,
range,
scope,
• the amount of time occupied by something.
• "delivery must be within a reasonable length of time"
• a piece or stretch of something.
• "a length of brown satin"
• an extreme to which a course of action is taken.
• "they go to great lengths to avoid the press"
Similar:
do absolutely anything,
go to any extreme,
go to any limits,
observe no limits,
• the distance from the batsman at which a well-bowled ball pitches.
• "Lewis tended to bowl short of a length"
• (in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more.
• "to open one heart with equal length in hearts and spades is in the modern Acol style"
Origin:
Old English lengthu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lengte, also to long1.
-length
combining form
• reaching up to or down to the place specified.
• "knee-length"
