LEARNit Dictionary
length
noun
/leŋkθ/
UK
/leŋkθ/
US
B1
1
B1
the size or measurement of something from one end to the other
طول, درازای, درازا
see also
focal length
2
B1
the quality of being long
طول, درازی, مقدار درازا
Did you see the length of his hair?
3
B1
the amount of time that something lasts
مدت زمان, مدت, طول مدت
The
average length
of each song on the album is six minutes.
These changes will shorten the
length of time
spent waiting for test results.
She got a headache if she had to read
for any length of time
.
Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company.
Each class is 45 minutes in length.
4
B1
the amount of writing in a book, or a document, etc.; the amount of time that a film lasts
مدت, زمان
There is a maximum length of 2 500 words.
The document is over 800 pages in length.
Her novels vary in length.
see also
feature-length
5
having the length mentioned
طول, درازا
shoulder-length hair
see also
full-length
,
knee-length
,
shoulder-length
6
the distance from one end of a swimming pool to the other
طول استخر, طول مسیر
He swims 50 lengths a day.
I did 20 lengths today.
compare
width
7
the size of a horse or boat from one end to the other, when it is used to measure the distance between two horses or boats taking part in a race
طول, درازا
The horse won by two clear lengths.
8
a long, thin piece of something
طول, قطعه, تکه
a length of rope/string/wire
The timber is sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres.