Definition of Mile in English :

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Mile meaning in English

Meaning of Mile in English

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Mile pronunciation in English

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Mile

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Noun

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

6. mile, roman mile

an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

7. mil, mile, swedish mile

a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

8. mile

a footrace extending one mile

Example Sentences:
'he holds the record in the mile'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Mile

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noun
1. Also called: statute mile
a unit of length used in the UK, the US, and certain other countries, equal to 1760 yards. 1 mile is equivalent to 1.609 34 kilometres
2.  nautical mile
3.  Swedish mile
4. 
any of various units of length used at different times and places, esp the Roman mile, equivalent to 1620 yards
5. (often plural) informal
a great distance; great deal
he missed by a mile
6. 
a race extending over a mile
adverb
7.  miles

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Mile

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nounWord forms: plural miles or mile
a unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards or 8 furlongs (1.609344 kilometers or 0.869 nautical mile); statute mile
abbrev. mi

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Mile

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n.
1. Abbr. mi. or mi A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (1,609 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Also called land mile, statute mile. See Table at measurement.
2. A nautical mile.
3. An air mile.
4. Sports A race that is one mile long.
5. A relatively great distance: had to walk for miles in the airport.

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