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1. A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
   - statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi, ml
    
2. A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
   - nautical mile, mi, naut mi, international nautical mile, air mile
    
3. A large distance
   "he missed by a mile"
    
4. A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
   - sea mile
    
5. A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
   - nautical mile, naut mi, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
    
6. An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
   - Roman mile
    
7. A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
   - mil, Swedish mile
    
8. A footrace extending one mile
   "he holds the record in the mile"

Derived forms: miles

Type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, linear measure, linear unit, nautical linear unit, track event

Part of: league

Encyclopedia: Mile, Yunnan