length
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- physical property hypernym
- dimension hypernym
- fundamental quantity hypernym
- circumference hyponym
- diameter hyponym
- radius hyponym
- longness hyponym
- shortness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
continuance in time
the ceremony was of short duration
Types & categories
- temporal property hypernym
- longness hyponym
- protraction hyponym
- endlessness hyponym
- shortness hyponym
- brevity hyponym
- permanence hyponym
- impermanence hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words
Types & categories
- extent hypernym
Sense 4 noun
size of the gap between two places
the distance from New York to Chicago
Types & categories
- size hypernym
- leg hyponym
- arm's length hyponym
- gauge hyponym
- light time hyponym
- skip distance hyponym
- wingspan hyponym
- wingspread hyponym
- altitude hyponym
Sense 5 noun
a section of something that is long and narrow
a length of timber
Types & categories
- segment hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | long |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | short |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical property |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dimension |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fundamental quantity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumference |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diameter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radius |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | longness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shortness |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | long |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | short |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drawn-out |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | temporal property |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | longness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | protraction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | endlessness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shortness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brevity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | permanence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | impermanence |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | extent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | size |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | leg |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | arm's length |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gauge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | light time |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | skip distance |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wingspan |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wingspread |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | altitude |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | segment |