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mile
noun
a footrace extending one mile
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maɪ̯l
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noun
a footrace extending one mile
“he holds the record in the mile”
noun
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
noun
a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
noun
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
noun
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
noun
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
noun
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
noun
a large distance
“he missed by a mile”
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he holds the record in the mile
he missed by a mile
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