length

About 77.96 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
2. noun Duration.
3. noun The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

   five lengths ahead of the field

4. noun Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
5. noun The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
6. noun Total extent.

   the length of a book

7. noun Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

   a length of rope

8. noun A penis.

Similar words

distance duration lengthwise longitudinal long round timeframe sized timeline tranche

Often followed by

of and in is the to from on by

Word family

lengths