mile

[ mahyl ]

/ maɪl /

noun

Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).

nautical mile.

international nautical mile.

any of various other units of distance or length at different periods and in different countries. Compare Roman mile.

a notable distance or margin: missed the target by a mile. Abbreviation: mi, mi.

Origin of mile

before 1000; Middle English; Old English mīl < Latin mīlia ( passuum) a thousand (paces)

Words nearby mile

mildew, mildewcide, mildewproof, mildly, mildred, mile, mile a minute, a, mile-marker, mileage, mileage ticket, milelong

Example sentences from the Web for mile

Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.

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Each one seems a mile high, and the entire flight an insurmountable obstacle.

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So I went home—we only lived about a quarter mile away—and I got on my bicycle and rode back, and he was in the donut shop.

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The incident occurred just one mile from the Garner incident.

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At 11:00 a.m., a group of 40 young people, mostly teenagers, rallied at a subway station about a mile from the airport.

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He had a selection on a long box-scrub siding of the ridges, about half a mile back and up from the coach road.

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One mile from New Harmony, we were forced to alight from the carriage, as the horses would not draw us up a steep hill.

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Fine links at the top of the hill, not half a mile from the farm.

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"A quarter of a mile further upstream there's an old wood-road," he went on, in answer to Fred's eager query.

Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 |Various
“I thought so,” he exclaimed, when we had got about half a mile below the rapid.

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British Dictionary definitions for mile

mile

/ (maɪl) /

noun

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

See nautical mile

See Swedish mile

any of various units of length used at different times and places, esp the Roman mile, equivalent to 1620 yards

(often plural) informal a great distance; great deal he missed by a mile

a race extending over a mile

adverb

miles (intensifier) he likes his new job miles better

Word Origin for mile

Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia ( passuum) a thousand (paces)

Scientific definitions for mile

mile

[ mīl ]

A unit of length in the US Customary System, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (about 1.61 kilometers). Also called statute mile

See nautical mile. See Table at measurement.

Idioms and Phrases with mile

mile

In addition to the idioms beginning with mile

mile a minute, a
miles and miles

also see:

miss by a mile
miss is as good as a mile
stick out (like a mile)

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