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UK
/mˈaɪl/
]
[ US /ˈmaɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈmaɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
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a footrace extending one mile
he holds the record in the 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
- a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
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a large distance
he missed by a mile - a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
- a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
How To Use mile In A Sentence
- Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
- The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high. Times, Sunday Times
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
- We drove a mile or so to Shipley Glen, a wooded hillside where a bit of family fairground fun awaited.
- Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004. Tom's Astronomy Blog
- The boa and the rattlesnake are homebodies that seldom travel more than a couple of miles in a lifetime.
- Brunhild, a mischievous, strong-minded goldfish (the voice of Noah Cyrus, Miley's younger sister), is determined to become a little girl when she's rescued from a jar and befriended by Sosuke (the voice of Frankie Jonas, the Jonas Brothers 'kid brother), a plucky, self-reliant 5-year-old. No Time's Right for 'Traveler's Wife'
- Human relations do not always rely on meeting each other in person every day. When we talk about relationships between people on either side of the border, just a few thousand miles can’t keep love from growing and blooming into a beautiful bonding. Gulzar
- Those morning glories are grown every year along the south face of the historic, well-preserved post-and-beam barn that is the center of Heritage Farm; the 890-acre spread a few miles north of Decorah that Seed Savers Exchange now calls home. Kurt Michael Friese: Memories of a Life Spent Saving Seeds
- But King George's smile was a bit awry tonight.