mile (n.)

  1. a unit of length equal to 1, 760 yards or 5, 280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

    [ Syn: statute mile , stat mi , land mile , international mile , mi ]

  2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1, 852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

    [ Syn: nautical mile , mi , naut mi , knot , international nautical mile , air mile ]

  3. a large distance; he missed by a mile'

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

    [ Syn: sea mile ]

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

    [ Syn: nautical mile , naut mi , mi , geographical mile , admiralty mile ]

  6. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

    [ Syn: roman mile ]

  7. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

    [ Syn: mil , swedish mile ]

  8. a footrace extending one mile; he holds the record in the mile'

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