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say it: lengkth
length is a noun meaning "the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place". It is pronounced /ˈlɛŋkθ/ — lengkth. It carries 5 recorded senses.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
“the length of the table was 5 feet”
continuance in time
“the ceremony was of short duration”
“he complained about the length of time required”
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
“the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words”
a section of something that is long and narrow
“a length of timber”
“a length of tubing”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for length come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.