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length

The length of an object is the distance between one end of that object and the other. What is the length of the car? The length of a horse is used to show the distance between horses at the end of a race. Length is the distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

length

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place the length of the table was 5 feet (= duration) continuance in time the ceremony was of short duration he complained about the length of time required the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words (= distance) size of the gap between two places the distance from New York to Chicago he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points a section of something that is long and narrow a length of timber a length of tubing

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Simple sentences

My hair is the same length as Jane's.
The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.
It is thirty meters in length.
The cat lay at full length on the road.
Can you measure the length?
Divide its length and breadth by ten.
The length of this ship is 30 meters.
This river is 500 miles in length.
This bridge is twice the length of that one.
I don't know the exact length of this bridge.
The length of the article is not to exceed 1000 words.
Measure the length of the stick with a ruler.
At length, we reached the top of the mountain.
A centimeter is a unit of length.
At length, I found his house.
I walked the length of the street.
I like to wear my skirts knee length.
We discussed the problem at length.
I have had my hair cut shoulder length.

Movie subtitles

A test to find out the length of duration, huh?
By the time they've finished, it'II be 400 feet in length.
We've bedsores, diabetes and haemorrhoids the length of the commercial road.
I'm quite sure nobody wants to see me in ballerina-length shantung.
I have reflected at length on the origin and passing of the Great Death in my hometown of Wisborg.
THE JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS OF MOTHER KRAUSE restored in 1957 from a version made by Otto Nagel for the State Film Society of the GDR with new intertitles. It had an original length in 1929 after censorship of 2,846 m (125 minutes).
Say, just look at the length of that brute.
You go to great length for the sake of Egypt, don't you?
Won by a length at odds 6 to 1.
Has Horace been away from you lately for any length of time?
I motion we adjourn to the nearest saloon and talk over this episode at length.
Skee Ball in front by a length and one half.
Hi Hat is second by three-quarters of a length.
First Legion is third by a length and one half and Flying Demon is fourth.
The Sandbar, a cable's length from the wharf, has vanished now - wiped out by commerce and reform.
It doesn't seem possible I haven't seen you in that length of time.
Yes. A club-footed man about five foot eleven I should say from the length of his stride.
It's a series of dances taken out of a full-length ballet called The Nutcracker that he once composed for the St. Petersburg opera house.
By its length, of course.
Oh, that is for the bracelet, monsieur. That is what we call the bracelet length.
As a matter of fact, Maude, I'm becoming very attracted to this young woman, more so than anyone I've known the same length of time.
Length of feet, length of arm and hand, the color of the eyes and skin, all document this accurately.
He runs in here in full length and up to this door.
I'm sorry, Pop. I didn't mean that, but I. It's this business of nickels and dimes and spending all your life trying to figure out how to save three cents on a length of pipe.
Now, don't worry about the walking, 'cause I can always shorten the train, or the length of the aisle.
Here's length of good life to you and Mrs. Campbell.
Coming into the first turn, it's Albert, the sensational long shot by a clear length, but look at his rider.
It's this business of nickels and dimes and spending all your life trying to figure out how to save three cents on a length of pipe.
You're goin' to the penitentiary, Niles. but from now on, the length of your sentence depends on you.
And this time I'll go to any length.
But for a moment there, I expected him to produce a length of hose and go to work on me.
McADOO: Mm-hm. Length and width's all right.
We travel the length of France to the monastery at Les Foss.

News and current affairs

So, instead of retiring gracefully, as presidents from Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin routinely do, Kuchma wants to change the constitution in order to become an all-powerful prime minister who will never face a limit on the length of his term.
Moreover, China abruptly shortened the length of its border with India by rescinding its recognition of the 1,597-kilometer (992-mile) line separating Indian Kashmir from Chinese-held Kashmir.
The Chechen War was, thus, a war for our Constitution, which differs from, say, the American Constitution only by the depth and length of its tradition.
But in countries like Italy, Spain, and Greece, the length of a bankruptcy proceeding is measured in years, not months or weeks, as in the US.
Economist Robert Schiller of Yale explained very clearly and at book length why US equity prices would fall.
After all, employees do not negotiate individually the length of the workweek.
While its depth and length cannot be predicted, a continued credit crunch, sovereign-debt problems, lack of competitiveness, and fiscal austerity imply a serious downturn.
The most important concern public employment, pensions, labor legislation, and the length of the workweek, all of which generate fierce resistance.
Britain is not the only country where ancient rights of habeas corpus, of the inviolability of the person, are to be restricted by new legislation that, for example, extends the permissible length of detention without charge.
The length of this period should be fixed, and should not depend on actions or conditions that are at least partly under executives' control.
Lula becomes a failure and Brazil loses another decade as its economy sinks into a depression of uncertain length and suffers inflation of uncertain magnitude.
Public officials should hold private interests at arm's length and never cozy up to them.
Thus Milosevic was allowed to defend himself - a huge mistake in terms of the trial's length and efficiency.
As Europe learned long ago, hardship increases with the length of unemployment, as job skills and prospects deteriorate and savings gets wiped out.
Immigration itself may even slow dramatically, depending on the length and depth of the economic slowdown.
In the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the length of the average workweek has held steady at about 34 hours since the advent of the Internet two decades ago.
For a facial slap, the interrogator was supposed to hit with fingers slightly spread, at equal length between the tip of the chin and the bottom of the corresponding earlobe.
But keeping Russia at arm's length from Europe has only strengthened the sense of isolation that many Russians feel, tempting them to define the country's interests in ways that are irreconcilable with those of Europe.
The Jordan Valley and the hills of Judea and Samaria are, undoubtedly, strategic assets for a country whose width is that of the length of a Manhattan avenue.
The first of these will be the length of time that it takes the victors to form a new government.
Perhaps Kasparov would have won the rematch had it continued to a full 24 games (then the standard length of world championship matches).
More precisely, Russia's aim is to rescue (after a long period of arm's-length support) a dictatorship that American and French authorities describe as being responsible for causing more than 250,000 deaths since 2011.

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