length

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   How long something is from one end to the other.

   The length of the pool is 100 metres.

2. 2
   noun

   The amount of time something lasts.

   The film's length is just under two hours.

3. 3
   noun

   A long piece of something.

   He cut off a length of rope.

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”).

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