miles
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
An inflected form of mile · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 626 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 30,715 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
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
miles 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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Sutri, a city about thirty miles from Rome.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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But did I come 1900 miles to see this?
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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You're old and gray And weary with the miles you've walked today.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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A sufficient stay will be made here to give opportunity of visiting Ephesus, fifty miles distant by rail.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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They had marched thirty-six miles without rest, along bad roads and through woods, and were unable to go farther.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1