Betydning av length På norsk

• 0 a measurement from one end of sth to the other -- lengden [ masculine ]

  • He measured the length of the door. Han målte lengden av døra.

  • four strings of different lengths fire strenger av forskjellig lengde

  • a fish between seven and nine cms in length en fisk med en lengde på mellom sju og ni cm

  • a knee-length skirt et knekort skjørt

  • a full-length mirror et speil i full lengde

• 1 the time sth lasts -- lengde [ masculine ]

  • the length of the movie filmens lengde

  • two hours in length to timers varighet

  • the length of time it takes to knit a sweater tiden det tar å strikke en genser

• 2 the number of pages or words in a book, article, etc. -- lengde [ masculine ]

  • the lengths of the two articles de to artiklenes lengde

• 3 the distance from one end of a swimming pool to another -- lengde [ masculine ]

  • She swam ten lengths. Hun svømte to lengder.

• 4 a long piece of sth -- stykke [ neuter ]

  • a length of rope/string/wire et stykke tau/hyssing/ledning

• 5 for a long time -- lenge

  • He spoke at length on the subject. Han snakket lenge om temaet.

• 6 to do whatever is necessary to achieve sth -- strekke seg svært langt

  • The company went to great lengths to keep the product secret. Selskapet anstrengte seg til det ytterste for å holde produktet hemmelig.

• 7 the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc -- lengde, varighet

  • What is the length of your garden?

  • Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.

• 8 a piece of something, especially cloth -- stykke, lengde

  • I bought a (3–metre) length of silk.

• 9 in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc -- (heste-/båt)lengde

  • He won by a length

  • The other boat is several lengths in front.