length

length
leŋƟ
noun
1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) lengde, varighet
2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) stykke, lengde
3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) (heste-/båt)lengde
- lengthways/lengthwise
- lengthy
- at length
- go to any lengths
lengde
subst. \/leŋθ\/
1) lengde
she ran along the entire length of the field
what's the length of the wall?
hvor lang er veggen?
they planted daffodils along the whole length of the wall
de plantet påskeliljer langs hele veggen
2) (om tid) lengde, varighet, langvarighet
she kept the job for the length of a year
3) strekning, utstrekning
4) (om størrelse) stykke, bit, lengde, stump
the workers stretched a cable's length
he saw that he would need a length of pipe
han så at han ville komme til å trenge en rørlengde
they tied the dog up with a length of rope
de bandt fast hunden med en taustump
5) (om tapet, stoff e.l.) lengde
she needed four lengths to make the curtains
they needed a length of wallpaper to finish the room
6) (cricket) avstand (til ballens nedslag, den rette avstand til en kastet ball)
7) (fonetikk, om vokal) lengde
at arm's length (også overført) på en armlengdes avstand på strak arm
at full length meget utførlig, fullstendig, uttømmende i hele sin lengde, i sin fulle lengde, utstrakt
at great length meget utførlig, inngående, lenge og vel, detaljert
at length til slutt, endelig lenge
he spoke at length about the issue
utførlig, omstendelig, inngående, i detalj langt om lenge
at length she showed up
at some length temmelig utførlig, ganske utførlig, ganske detaljert
fall all one's length ramle så lang man er
I fell all my length
go the whole length (overført) ta skrittet fullt ut
go to any\/all lengths gå til det ytterste, ikke vike tilbake for noe, ty til alle midler
go to great lengths (overført) gå svært langt, strekke seg svært langt
go to the length of (overført) gå så langt som å
I will not go to the length of resigning
jeg vil ikke gå så langt som å si opp
in length lang
the boat was ten metres in length
keep a good length (sport, spesielt cricket) holde rett avstand, kaste passe langt
length of time tid
the length of time needed
den tid som er nødvendig
if it should last for any length of time
dersom det skulle ta tid
you may stay for any length of time
du kan bli så lenge du ønsker
a length of years en årrekke
lie full length ligge så lang man er
of some length lengre, av lengre varighet
the length and breadth of hele
throughout the length and breadth of the country
over hele landet
throughout one's length i hele sin lengde
the river is navigable throughout its length
elven er farbar i hele sin lengde

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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