Mile

Word MILE
Character 4
Hyphenation mile
Pronunciations /maɪ̯l/

Definitions and meanings of "Mile"

What do we mean by mile?

A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (1,609 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries. noun

A nautical mile. noun

An air mile. noun

A race that is one mile long. noun

A relatively great distance. noun

A contraction of Mademoiselle.

An itinerary measure, modified from that of the Romans, which was equal to 1,617 English yards: used in the British empire, in the United States, and, formerly, in most European countries. noun

A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet. noun

One sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet. noun

Same as Train mile. See under Train. noun

A thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure. noun

A mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile. noun

A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 (double) steps (mille passus or mille passuum) or 5000 Roman feet (approx. 1480m). noun

A track race of one mile in length; sometimes used to refer to the 1500m race. noun

A great distance. noun

One mile per hour, as a measure of speed. 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 noun

A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km noun

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

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.

Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.

The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.

Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).

(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.

Any similarly large distance.

A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)

One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

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The word "mile" in example sentences

Population in 1860, remaining the same per Population in 1860, remaining square mile, if area equal to that of South the same per _square mile_, if ❋ Various (N/A)

Kippletringan was distant at first ‘a gey bit; ’ then the ‘gey bit’ was more accurately described, as ‘ablins three mile; ’ then the ‘three mile’ diminished into ‘like a mile and a bittock; ’ then extended themselves into ‘four mile or there-awa; ’ and, lastly, a female voice, having hushed a wailing infant which the spokeswoman carried in her arms, assured Guy Mannering, ‘It was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan, and unco heavy road for foot passengers. ❋ Unknown (1917)

It has been found in practice, that a water-course thirty feet wide and six feet deep, giving a transverse sectional area of one hundred and eighty square feet, will discharge three hundred cubic yards of water per minute, and will flow at the rate of one mile per hour, with a fall of no more than _six inches per mile_. " ❋ Henry Flagg French (N/A)

Walkable communities improve the health and quality of life of the people that live in them, and having your absolute essentials be within a mile is a component of that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Within a quarter of a mile is the sweete spaw or Chalibiet, a Spring which rises off Iron and steele like Astrup or Tunbridge and Like the German Spaw. ❋ Unknown (1888)

The Deepwater Horizon sits on the seafloor about 1 mile deep and about 1 mile from the BP well that spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude. ❋ AP (2010)

The worst part of it is that his first attempt, which involved replacing the regulator only in the altenator, ended with me broken down in the dark on Highway 15, no shoulders, about half a mile from the toll plaza, and cars racing each other to get to the one toll booth of the six that was open. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I just have a 15ft jonboat and live just a mile from the Fountain boat manufacturing plant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At $1.50 per gallon, fuel cost per mile is 7.5 cents. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If miles create switching costs, airlines are able to increase prices excessively and earn an excess profit if the consumer subjective valuation of a frequent flier mile is greater than the marginal cost of having a frequent flier programme for the airline. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The proposed plant site is a former Bollinger Shipyards address on Jourdan Road, a half mile from the Melia Subdivision. ❋ Susan Buchanan (2010)

Despite being less than a mile from a suburban neighborhood, and less than 15 miles from Seattle as the crow flies, it felt pretty remote up there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If regulation of the 'last mile' is based on this model, I don't see why the companies wouldn't have an incentive to make capital investments in transmission capacity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I lived a mile from the Broward station (and drove to the free parking there), and my office in Boca was walking distance from the Yamato Rd station – it was a huge office park and lots of people took the train there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The company had opened a new store at Monroe Street and Detroit Avenue in 1997, about a mile from the two shuttered stores. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The main mine head was situated one mile from the Kinkaseki Prisoner-of-War Camp. ❋ Unknown (2009)

About half a mile from the camp was a fowl pen, full of hens. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although there is no Garden State Parkway exit in Beachwood, Interchange 80 is less than half a mile from the borough border in South Toms River. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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