MILE

Definition of MILE

  1. (noun)a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
  2. (noun)a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
  3. (noun)a large distance
  4. (noun)a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
  5. (noun)a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
  6. (noun)an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
  7. (noun)a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
  8. (noun)a footrace extending one mile