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Mile
01
a unit of measuring length equal to 1.6 kilometers or 1760 yards
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
miles
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
Grammatical Information
Examples
She ’s miles more empathetic than her colleagues.
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milage
mileage
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