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{ "term": "length", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "image": "data/images/di/dimensions.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the size or measurement of something from one end to the other", "sensetop": "in length", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Measure the length of the line from A to B." }, { "text": "to estimate/calculate/increase/reduce the length of something" }, { "text": "The river is 300 miles in length.", "contextForm": "in length" }, { "text": "The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm." }, { "text": "Safety barriers will be installed **along the full length of **the road." }, { "text": "He ran **the entire length of** the beach." }, { "text": "Look at the length of that queue!" }, { "text": "He has to hold newspapers **at arm's length **to focus on the print." }, { "text": "This room is twice the length of the kitchen." }, { "text": "He measured the length and width of the table." }, { "text": "Measure the size of the window and cut the cloth to length." }, { "text": "The fence runs the length of the footpath." }, { "text": "The pipe was six feet in length." }, { "text": "The queen bee is twice the length of a worker bee." }, { "text": "The queue stretched the whole length of the High Street." }, { "text": "The vehicle has an overall length of 12 feet." }, { "text": "There were coloured lights along the whole length of the street." }, { "text": "These fish can reach a length of over five feet." }, { "text": "a ditch of great length and width" } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["entire", "full", "maximum"], "verb + length": ["estimate", "measure", "have"], "preposition": ["along the length of", "in length"], "phrases": [ "at arm’s length", "double, twice, three times, half, etc. the length of something" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the quality of being long", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Did you see the length of his hair?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the amount of time that something lasts", "sensetop": "in length", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The **average length** of each song on the album is six minutes." }, { "text": "These changes will shorten the **length of time** spent waiting for test results." }, { "text": "She got a headache if she had to read **for any length of time** *(= for a long time)*." }, { "text": "Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company." }, { "text": "Each class is 45 minutes in length.", "contextForm": "in length" }, { "text": "We discussed shortening the length of the course." }, { "text": "Each lesson was an hour in length." }, { "text": "They complained about the inordinate length of time they had to wait." } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "inordinate"], "verb + length": ["cut", "reduce", "shorten"], "length + verb": ["increase", "decrease"], "preposition": ["at length", "in length"], "phrases": ["length of time"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the amount of writing in a book, or a document, etc.; the amount of time that a film lasts", "sensetop": "in length", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "There is a maximum length of 2 500 words." }, { "text": "The document is over 800 pages in length.", "contextForm": "in length" }, { "text": "Her novels vary in length." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "having the length mentioned", "examples": [ { "text": "shoulder-length hair" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the distance from one end of a swimming pool to the other", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "He swims 50 lengths a day." }, { "text": "I did 20 lengths today." } ], "topics": ["Sports: water sports"], "collocations": { "verb + length": ["do", "swim"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "the size of a horse or boat from one end to the other, when it is used to measure the distance between two horses or boats taking part in a race", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "The horse won by two clear lengths." } ], "topics": ["Sports: other sports"] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a long, thin piece of something", "examples": [ { "text": "a length of rope/string/wire" }, { "text": "The timber is sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres." }, { "text": "a short length of wire" }, { "text": "long lengths of wool" }, { "text": "Carry a whistle and a spare length of rope." }, { "text": "The pipe was attached to the wall with a length of wire" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "for a long time and in detail", "examples": [ { "text": "He quoted at length from the report." }, { "text": "We have already discussed this matter at great length." }, { "text": "She told me at length about her new job." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "after a long time", "labels": "(literary)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘I'm still not sure,’ he said at length." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to put a lot of effort into doing something, especially when this seems extreme", "examples": [ { "text": "She goes to extraordinary lengths to keep her private life private." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to avoid having a close relationship with somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "He keeps all his clients at arm's length." }, { "text": "She kept him at arm's length for months." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in or to all parts of a place", "examples": [ { "text": "They have travelled the length and breadth of Europe giving concerts." }, { "text": "They travelled the length and breadth of the land." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/leŋkθ/", "audio": "le/length/length__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/leŋkθ/", "audio": "le/length/length__us_3.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English lengthu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lengte, also to long (adjective)." }