mile

Meanings

• a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
• 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 large distance
  • "he missed by a mile"
• a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
• a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
• an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
• a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
• a footrace extending one mile
  • "he holds the record in the mile"

Synonyms

Admiralty mile, air mile, geographical mile, international mile, international nautical mile, knot, land mile, mi, mil, naut mi, nautical mile, Roman mile, sea mile, stat mi, statute mile, Swedish mile