MILE

mile

(noun) a footrace extending one mile; “he holds the record in the mile”

mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi

(noun) a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

mile, mil, Swedish mile

(noun) a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

mile, Roman mile

(noun) an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

mile

(noun) a large distance; “he missed by a mile”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

mile (plural miles)

The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.

Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.

The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.

Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).

(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.

(informal) Any similarly large distance.

(slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)

(slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

Anagrams

• Elmi, Emil, Imel, Lemi, Liem, Meli, lime

Source: Wiktionary

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Mile, n. Etym: [AS. mil, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million.]

Definition: A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094. Geographical, or Nautical mile, one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.

– Mile run. Same as Train mile. See under Train.

– Roman mile, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure.

– Statute mile, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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