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stretch

 
 
/stretʃ/ noun [C]

Translation

LAND/WATER an area of land or water
alan, saha, bölüm, kısım
a stretch of coastline15271538
TIME a continuous period of time
süre, zaman, müddet, aralık
He often worked ten hours at a stretch.2109
BODY when you stretch part of your body
gerinme
I always do a few stretches before I go jogging.1945
not by any stretch of the imagination used to say that something, often a description, is certainly not true
yanından bile geçmez; hiç alâkası bile yok
She was never a great player, not by any stretch of the imagination.1750
(Definition of stretch noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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