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Synonyms for length
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lengkth, length, lenth |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθ |
Top 10 synonyms for length Other synonyms for the word length
- compass
- continuance
- elongation
- endlessness
- expanse
- expansion
- extensiveness
- interval
- lastingness
- lengthiness
- linearity
- loftiness
- longitude
- longness
- measure
- orbit
- panorama
- portion
- protractedness
- purview
- quantity
- radius
- range
- ranginess
- reach
- realm
- remoteness
- season
- section
- segment
- space
- spaciousness
- span
- stretch
- stride
- tallness
- term
- unit
- width
- year
Définition of length
Origin :- Old English lengðu "length," from Proto-Germanic *langitho, noun of quality from *langgaz (root of Old English lang; see long) + *-itho, abstract noun suffix (see -th (2)).
- Cognate with Old Norse lengd, Old Frisian lengethe, Dutch lengte. Figurative sense of "the distance one goes, extremity to which something is carried" is from 1690s. Phrase at length "to full extent" is attested from c.1500.
- noun extent of object, distance, time
- At length the servant returned, saying his master was now ready to see them.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- At length, carried away by impatience, I reprimanded him publicly.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He returned at length with the message, "The lady says will you please step up-stairs."
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Looking around him, he at length, from the edge of the valley, descried Robert.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But this neglect has at length recoiled upon the heads of its promoters.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- At length her head came up a little and her breathing was easier and easier.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- At length, on finding the requisite water in its bed, I encamped.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- At length the curtain fell, and the evening's performance was over.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- When at length they reached home, Mark was put to bed, and the doctor sent for.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- At length the door is opened, and the splendid font at once arrests the eye.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
Antonyms for length
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