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Mile
01
a unit of measuring length equal to 1.6 kilometers or 1760 yards
Examples
The marathon route is 26.2 miles long.
02
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
03
a footrace extending one mile
04
a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
05
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
06
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
07
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
08
a large distance
miles
01
by a significant degree or extent, indicating a large difference, advantage, or superiority
Examples
She ’s miles more empathetic than her colleagues.
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