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length

 
 
/leŋθ/ noun

Translation

DISTANCE [C, U] the measurement or distance of something from one end to the other
uzunluk, boy
The carpet is over three metres in length. The length of the bay is roughly 200 miles. The village is so small that its entire length could be walked in 15 minutes. 1400239
TIME [C, U] the amount of time something takes
süre, müddet, zaman
the length of a film/play/speech Sitting still for any length of time is quite hard for most children.14002109
WRITING [C, U] the amount of writing in a book or document
(kitap, yazı vs.) uzunluk
He's written books of various lengths on the subject. All of your essays will be about the same length.1400
at length If you talk about something at length, you talk for a long time.
uzun uzadıya, uzun bir süre, enine boyuna
We discussed both topics at length.15511580
PIECE [C] a long piece of something
bir şeyin uzunluğu, boyu
a length of cloth/cord/rope1258
go to great lengths to do sth to try very hard to achieve something
mümkün olan her şeyi yapmak, her yolu denemek, her çareye baş vurmak
He'll go to great lengths to get what he wants.1860
the length and breadth of sth in every part of a place
her yanında, dört bir köşesinde/köşesini
They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland together.1238
(Definition of length noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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