"length" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

length sustantivo

sustantivo + length
Kolokacji: 118
body length • shell length • length of several km • length of several cm • length of several mm • length of one's arm • ...
length + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 27
length album • length scale • feature length film • length studio album • feature length documentary • ...
length + verbo
Kolokacji: 31
length varies • length depends • length makes • length ranges • length increases • ...
verbo + length
Kolokacji: 59
win by several lengths • hold at one's length • keep at one's length • give a length • vary in length • extend the length • ...
adjetivo + length
Kolokacji: 139
entire length • great length • total length • full length • short length • average length • overall length • focal length • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 34
1. great length = wielka długość great length
2. considerable length = znaczna długość considerable length
3. enormous length = ogromna długość enormous length
4. significant length = znaczna długość significant length
5. substantial length = znacząca długość substantial length
6. appreciable length = znaczna długość appreciable length
7. large length = duży czas trwania large length
8. respectable length = pokaźna długość respectable length
  • During the period on the lizard raft with no way to do anything about it my beard had grown to a respectable length.
  • What was more, he observed that the place was "full of Englishmen who speak the English tongue correctly . . . avoiding more blasphemy than necessary, and taking a respectable length of time to getting outside their drinks".
  • The Telegraph reviewed it unfavourably, noting that they "would be unremarkable were it not for the body of work that lies behind it" and that there was "an element of padding to make it a respectable length".
  • It was not nearly the size of the wharf rat I'd encountered under the Hoboken dock, but a respectable length nevertheless.
  • If an alien starship has been orbiting Jupiter for any respectable length of time, the entire ring and moon system would be contaminated by now.
  • The ring of hair that had grown over-long on his journey from Ramsey had been trimmed into tidiness, and the down of dark gold curls within it had grown into a respectable length to blend with the brown.
  • His hair was beginning to reach a more respectable length for a swordsman's, but it curled up in a tiny bun instead of making a ponytail.
  • With frozen hands she tugged them back to a respectable length.
  • His hair had been short when Roland stepped into his life (the better to sail through customs, my dear, and what a great big joke that had turned out to be), and was a still a respectable length.
  • For example, he says that he would very much like to record the Berg Violin Concerto ('another piece that's difficult to programme'), but the trouble is finding a coupling that will bring the disc up to a respectable length.
(7) different, unusual, usual
Kolokacji: 3
(11) certain, elaborate
Kolokacji: 2
(12) extra, additional, tedious
Kolokacji: 3
(13) minimum, maximum, minimal
Kolokacji: 3
(14) variable, varied, adjustable
Kolokacji: 3
(16) actual, current, present
Kolokacji: 3
(19) sheer, slender, narrow, lean
Kolokacji: 4
(21) approximate, thick
Kolokacji: 2
(23) single, uniform
Kolokacji: 2
(24) typical, characteristic
Kolokacji: 2
(25) greatest, optimal, optimum
Kolokacji: 3
(27) prescribed, arbitrary
Kolokacji: 2
(28) key, unnecessary
Kolokacji: 2
(31) unknown, known
Kolokacji: 2
(32) odd, uneven, axial, irregular
Kolokacji: 4
(33) sinuous, curving
Kolokacji: 2
(34) gleaming, silky
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + length
Kolokacji: 21
in length • at one's length • throughout one's length • within one's length • to lengths • ...

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