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mile
A footrace extending one mile
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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
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A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
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A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
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A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
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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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