mile   (Sound)

The noun mile has 8 senses

• mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi -- (a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters)


• nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile -- (a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude)


• mile -- (a large distance; "he missed by a mile")


• sea mile, mile -- (a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters))


• nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile -- (a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile)


• mile, Roman mile -- (an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards)


• mile, mil, Swedish mile -- (a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km)


• mile -- (a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile")