mile
Nouns
- (n) a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters international mile, land mile, stat mi, statute mile, mi,
- (n) a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude air mile, international nautical mile, nautical mile, naut mi, mi, knot,
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(n) a large distance
- he missed by a mile
- (n) a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) sea mile,
- (n) a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile Admiralty mile, geographical mile, nautical mile, naut mi, mi,
- (n) an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards Roman mile,
- (n) a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km Swedish mile, mil,
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(n) a footrace extending one mile
- he holds the record in the mile