inch
US /ɪntʃ/
Definition
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The table is thirty inches wide and fits beside the window.
Collocations
- Easy inch by inchto inch by inch, meaning to advance slowly, as if by inches
- Medium screen size in inchesto screen size in inches, meaning to test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- Hard inch closer to a compromiseto inch closer to a compromise, meaning to advance slowly, as if by inches
- Very Hard give an inch take a mileto provide or present something regarding an inch take a mile
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.