mile
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,638 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,107 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters also: statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi
- a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude also: nautical mile, mi, naut mi, international nautical mile, air mile
- a large distance he missed by a mile
- a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) also: sea mile
- a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile also: nautical mile, naut mi, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
- an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards also: Roman mile
mile in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For many a league, for many a weary mile, We've trudged along since break of day began.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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They could now clearly see that it was a small island, not more than a mile in circumference.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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When it moved it jumped like a frog, and with every spring it covered half a mile of ground.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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By leading the Canal directly through this pond, at least a quarter of a mile of excavation will be avoided.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Alicant, Carthagena, Palos, and Malaga will be passed but a mile or two distant, and Gibraltar reached in about twenty-four hours.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1