Mile Definition

mīl
miles
noun
miles
A unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards or 8 furlongs (1.609344 kilometers or 0.869 nautical mile); statute mile.
Webster's New World
A nautical mile.
American Heritage
An air mile.
American Heritage
A race that is one mile long.
American Heritage
A relatively great distance.
Had to walk for miles in the airport.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
a mile a minute
  • very rapidly

    to talk a mile a minute

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mile

Noun

Singular:
mile
Plural:
Miles

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mile

  • a mile a minute

Origin of Mile

  • Middle English from Old English mīl from Latin mīlia (passuum) a thousand (double paces), a Roman mile pl. of mīlle thousand gheslo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mile Sentence Examples

  • They found the problem about a mile down the creek.

  • The house sits more than a mile off the snow plow route, so sometimes I'm snowed in for a week or so.

  • Maybe that was because Josh was only a mile down the road.

  • At the fourth mile marker, she paused.

  • He promised to return in an hour and ferry the group back to Bird Song, which was less than a mile away.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIL

Words Ending With

ELEILE

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mile

Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MI & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With LE

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With M4 Letter Words Ending With E