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mile
[ mahyl ]
noun
- Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- any of various other units of distance or length at different periods and in different countries. Compare Roman mile.
- a notable distance or margin: : mi, mi.
missed the target by a mile.
mile
/ ³¾²¹Éª±ô /
noun
- Also calledstatute mile a unit of length used in the UK, the US, and certain other countries, equal to 1760 yards. 1 mile is equivalent to 1.609 34 kilometres
- See nautical mile
- See Swedish mile
- any of various units of length used at different times and places, esp the Roman mile, equivalent to 1620 yards
- informal.often plural a great distance; great deal
he missed by a mile
- a race extending over a mile
adverb
- miles(intensifier)
he likes his new job miles better
mile
/ ³¾Ä«±ô /
- A unit of length in the US Customary System, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (about 1.61 kilometers).
- Also called statute mile
- See nautical mileSee Table at measurement
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mile1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mile1
Idioms and Phrases
- miss by a mile
- miss is as good as a mile
- stick out (like a mile)
Example Sentences
It was later seen in the Swalwell area and a pursuit was "authorised", with the crash happening about two miles north on the other side of the river.
"We couldn't understand what had happened," said Mr Cooper, whose his car was parked at home in Sawtry over 70 miles away at the time.
Eventually the community designed a special barge to bring the giraffes across a mile of open lake.
As she walked Caleb to school, less than a mile from their Lincoln Heights home, Massa noticed this long strip of neglected land between the freeway’s retaining wall and the sidewalk.
Despite the county’s enormous land mass, 90% of Canada’s people live within 150 miles of the U.S. border.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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