Meaning & use
length
The measurement of something from one end to the other, or the extent of time something lasts.
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The length of the swimming pool is exactly twenty-five meters.
We were surprised by the length of the meeting, which lasted almost three hours.
A note on using this word
The idiom "at length" means "in detail" or "eventually," distinct from the literal measurement sense.
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