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noun distance from one end to the other ADJ. entire, full, maximum, whole There is a maximum length of 2,500 words. The queue stretched the whole length of the High Street. | great a ditch of great length and width | medium | overall, total VERB + LENGTH estimate, measure He measured the length and width of the table. | have The vehicle has an overall length of 12 feet. | grow to, reach These fish can reach a length of over two metres. | double in, increase in | cut sth to Measure the size of the window and cut the cloth to length. | drive, run, swim, travel, walk, etc. The fence runs the length of the footpath. PREP. along the ~ of There were coloured lights along the whole length of the street. | in ~ The pipe was two metres in length. PHRASES at arm's length He has to hold newspapers at arm's length to focus on the print. | double, twice, three times, half, etc. the length of sth The queen bee is twice the length of a worker bee. amount of time that sth lasts ADJ. considerable, great, inordinate | reasonable VERB + LENGTH cut, reduce, shorten | increase LENGTH + VERB increase | decrease PREP. at ~ He told me at length about his new job. | in ~ Each lesson was an hour in length. PHRASES length of time They complained about the inordinate length of time they had to wait. length of a swimming pool VERB + LENGTH do, swim I did 20 lengths today.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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length
verbs
measure the length of something
• The children measured the length of their shadows at three different times of day.
have a length of 1 metre/2 feet etc
• These leaves have a length of about 7 cm.
grow to/reach a length of 2 metres/8 feet etc
• A blue whale can reach a length of 100 feet.
run the length of something
(= exist along the whole length of something )
• A long corridor ran the length of the building.
adjectives
the total length
• The total length of the completed railway line will be almost 650 kilometres.
an average length
• These worms grow to an average length of about 1 metre.
the whole/full/entire length of something
• The camera looks down the full length of the street.
medium length
• All the girls had short or medium length hair.
equal/unequal length
• She drew two lines of equal length.
a maximum/minimum length
• This species of fish can reach a maximum length of 12 inches.
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