length
//lɛŋ(k)θ//
Forms
- Plural
- lengths
Definitions
1.The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
2.Duration.
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
3.Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
4.The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2078
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
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).