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1
a wide space or area
- vowed that he would journey the lengths of the earth to find her
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the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
- the length of a professional tennis court is 78 feet from baseline to baseline
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When some things just go on and on.
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“Length.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/length. Accessed 8 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of length was before the 12th century
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