Change speaker![](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/joanna.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/joanna.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1314
length
lɛŋ(k)θ ![Listen](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/listen-icon-blue.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
![Listen](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/listen-icon-blue.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
Meanings
noun
- the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object.E.g. the delta is twenty kilometres in length
- the amount of time occupied by something.E.g. delivery must be within a reasonable length of time
- a piece or stretch of something.E.g. a length of brown satin
- an extreme to which a course of action is taken.E.g. they go to great lengths to avoid the press
- the distance from the batsman at which a well-bowled ball pitches.E.g. Lewis tended to bowl short of a length
- (in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more.E.g. to open one heart with equal length in hearts and spades is in the modern Acol style
-length
![Listen](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/listen-icon-blue.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
Meanings
combining form
- reaching up to or down to the place specified.E.g. knee-length
Practise saying this word
length
Joanna![](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/speak/play-30.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/speak/play-30.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
You
Reset
![](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/speak/record-30.png?w=1100&ssl=1)