Synonym: distance, extent, measure, reach, span, stretch. Antonym: breadth, width. Similar words: at length, strengthen, seeing that, challenged, lens, blend, lenient, owing to. Meaning: [leŋθ] 
n. 1. the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place 2. continuance in time 3. the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end 4. size of the gap between two places 5. a section of something that is long and narrow.
n. 1. the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place 2. continuance in time 3. the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end 4. size of the gap between two places 5. a section of something that is long and narrow. 
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181, Suddenly feeling faint, he measured out his length on the floor.
182, The Sierra mountain range runs the length of the north west coast of Majorca.
183, These fish can reach a length of over two metres.
184, The length of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.
185, The ball was attached to a length of thin chain.
186, At length he returned.
187, Take a length of piping with a bore of about 15mm.
188, The length of the war is one of the biggest unknowns.
189, This topic is dealt with at greater length in the following chapter.
190, The two books are more or less equal in length.
191, I lacked the stamina to run the whole length of the race.
192, We had to cut the length of the book by one third.
193, He snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter's chest.
194, The inspiration stemming from his travels lasted the length of his career.
195, This length of cloth should make up into two pairs of trousers.
196, The group built their reputation by playing across the length and breadth of North America.
197, A hall ran the length of the upper floor of the house.
198, All of your essays will be about the same length.
199, He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait.
200, We went the length of the long Corridor of the Summer Palace.
201, Petra keeps all men at arm's length to avoid getting hurt.
202, Strangely enough, you will automatically wake up after this length of time.
203, He struck a match, and held it at arm's length.
204, The queue stretched the whole length of the High Street.
205, The metre is the standard unit for measuring length in the SI system.
206, He expounded his views on education to me at great length.
207, She got a headache if she had to read for any length of time .
208, She attributes her record-breaking speed to the length of her stride.
209, The queen bee is twice the length of a worker bee.
210, Size of pension depends on length of service with the company.
More similar words: at length, strengthen, seeing that, challenged, lens, blend, lenient, owing to, violent, engine, engage, calendar, talented, longtime, long-term, belong to, engulfed, engage in, engineer, bring together, equivalent, passenger, engaged in, according to, engagement, engineering, unrelentingly, corresponding to.