1. (n.)mile any of various other units of distance at different periods and in different countries.
2. mile a notable distance or margin: missed it by a mile.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE mīl < L mīlia (passuum) a thousand (paces))
Definition of 'Mile'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi a unit of lengthequal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
2. (noun)nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air 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
Sense: (sometimes abbreviated tomwhen written) a measure of length equal to 1,760 yards (1.61 km) We walked ten miles today; 70 miles per hour (sometimes written mph); a ten-mile hike.