length noun (DISTANCE)
B1 [ C or U ] the measurement of something from end to end or along its longest side:
The length of the bay is approximately 200 miles.
› [ C ] a unit used in describing the distance by which a horse or boat wins a race, equal to the measurement from one end of the horse or boat to the other:
We won by two lengths.
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- The impact of the crash reduced the car to a third of its original length.
- Application forms vary greatly in layout and length.
- The metre is the standard unit for measuring length in the SI system.
- The mountains stretch the entire length of the country.
- Dad, I swam a whole length of the pool underwater !
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length noun (TIME)
C1 [ C or U ] the amount of writing in a book or document:
at length
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