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Mile
see synonyms of mileNoun
1. international mile, land mile, mi, mile, stat mi, statute mile
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
2. air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
3. mile
a large distance
Example Sentences:'he missed by a mile'
4. mile, sea mile
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
5. admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
8. mile
a footrace extending one mile
Example Sentences:'he holds the record in the mile'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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