mile in English dictionary

  • mile

    Meanings and definitions of "mile"

    • A unit of measure (length or distance) equal to 5,280 feet (8 furlongs) in the U.S.Customary/Imperial system of measurements. One mile is equal to 1.609344 km. http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm
    • A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 (double) steps (mille passus or mille passuum) or 5000 Roman feet (approx. 1480m).
    • A track race of one mile in length; sometimes used to refer to the 1500m race.
    • (slang) A great distance.
    • (informal) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
    • noun
      The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
    • noun
      Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
    • noun
      Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile ( mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
    • noun
      Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
    • noun
      (informal)
      Any similarly large distance.
    • noun
      (slang)
      A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
    • noun
      (slang)
      One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
    • A unit of length used by several systems equal to 5,280 feet, with symbol "m".
    • measure of length
    • Roman measure of length
    • noun
      an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
    • noun
      a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"
    • noun
      a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
    • noun
      a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
    • noun
      a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
    • noun
      a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
    • noun
      a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
    • noun
      a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

    Synonyms of "mile" in English dictionary

    Swedish mile, geographical mile, stat mi are the top synonyms of "mile" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of mile

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza mile; lm  liczba mnoga miles lm  liczba mnoga miles
    • mile ( plural  miles)
    • mile (plural miles)
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