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mile
(m/aI/l )

noun (n)

  • a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters(noun.quantity)
    source: wordnet30
  • a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude(noun.quantity)
    source: wordnet30
  • a large distance(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    He missed by a mile.
    source: wordnet30
  • a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    sea mile
    source: wordnet30
  • a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile(noun.quantity)
    source: wordnet30
  • an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    roman mile
    source: wordnet30
  • a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    mil, swedish mile
    source: wordnet30
  • a footrace extending one mile(noun.event)
    Example:
    He holds the record in the mile.
    source: wordnet30
  • A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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