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Definition of 'mile'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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 length equal 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

3. (noun) mile
a large distance
"he missed by a mile"

4. (noun) sea mile, mile
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

5. (noun) nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

6. (noun) mile, Roman mile
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

7. (noun) mile, mil, Swedish mile
a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

8. (noun) mile
a footrace extending one mile
"he holds the record in the mile"

Definition of 'mile'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mile
a distance of 1609 meters or 5280 feet
The school is only a mile from here.; a 2,000-mile flight; cars traveling at 60 miles per hour

2. mile
miles away
not paying attention to what is happening around you
Sorry, I was miles away.

Definition of 'mile'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) mile
a certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet

Translation of 'mile'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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.
Afrikaans: myl	Arabic: ميل	Bulgarian: миля
Brazilian: milha	Czech: míle	German: die Meile
Danish: mil; -mil	Greek: μίλι	Spanish: milla
Estonian: miil	Farsi: مقیاس سنجش مسافت برابر 16	Finnish: maili
French: mille	Hebrew: מַיִיל	Hindi: मील
Croatian: milja	Hungarian: mérföld	Indonesian: mil
Icelandic: míla	Italian: miglio	Japanese: マイル
Korean: 마일(5,280피트, 1,760야드, 1,60	Lithuanian: mylia	Latvian: jūdze
Malay: batu	Dutch: mijl	Norwegian: engelsk mil
Polish: mila	Persian: مقیاس سنجش مسافت برابر 16	Pashto: د اندازى مقياس، ميل
Portuguese: milha	Romanian: milă	Russian: миля
Slovak: míľa	Slovenian: milja	Serbian: milja
Swedish: engelsk mil, mile	Thai: ไมล์ (เป็นหน่วยวัดความยาว	Turkish: mil
Taiwanese: 英哩	Ukrainian: миля	Urdu: فاصلے کی اکائی، ایک میل
Vietnamese: dặm	Chinese: 英里
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