dimension
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/daɪˈmenʃn/, /dɪˈmenʃn/
/daɪˈmenʃn/, /dɪˈmenʃn/
enlarge imagea measurement in space, for example how high, wide or long something is- We measured the dimensions of the kitchen.
- computer design tools that work in three dimensions
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesc1, Maths and measurementc1- Despite the unit's compact dimensions, there's still plenty of room for expansion.
- It is important to measure the exact dimensions of the room.
- The fourth dimension, time, is also finite in extent.
- a model in three dimensions
- a structure of considerable dimensions
- The images can be viewed in three dimensions using these special glasses.
- The rectangles are arranged with their longer dimension running from top to bottom.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- approximate
- exact
- precise
- …
- check
- measure
- in two dimensions
- in three dimensions
- [usually plural] the size and extent of a situation
- a problem of considerable dimensions
- an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about something
- Her job added a new dimension to her life.
- We should also consider the social dimension of unemployment.
Extra Examples- Communication via the internet gives an important international dimension to the project.
- Her illness adds an extra dimension to the problem.
- In looking at population ageing we will consider two distinct dimensions.
- The affair had a different dimension now.
- The crisis acquired a new dimension.
- There is a wider dimension to the question.
- the spiritual dimension to our lives
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- added
- additional
- different
- …
- add
- bring
- give (something)
- …
- dimension to
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (1)): via Old French from Latin dimensio(n-), from dimetiri ‘measure out’. Sense (2) dates from the 1920s.