mile Meaning & Definition
What Does Mile Mean?
Mile is a noun that means 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. It is also used to mean 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.
Quick Facts About Mile
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /maɪ̯l/ |
| Synonyms | knot, nautical mile and air mile |
| Plural | miles |
Mile Definition (Noun)
- 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.
Turn left in 1.2 miles.
- 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 mile or Arabic mile.
- An airline mile in a frequent flyer program.
- Any similarly large distance.
The shot missed by a mile.
- A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
The runners competed in the mile.
- One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
five miles over the speed limit
- A prominent road or street, often roughly a mile long.
The Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The Millennium Mile (London). Magnificent Mile (Chicago).
Noun
- 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.
Synonyms of Mile
Mile in a Sentence
Turn left in 1.2 miles.
You need to go about three mile down the road.
3.6 km is about 2 miles.
The shot missed by a mile.
My legs felt stiff and leaden from miles of walking.
The runners competed in the mile.
five miles over the speed limit
The Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The Millennium Mile (London). Magnificent Mile (Chicago).
I'm staying near millionaire's mile.
Word Forms & Grammar
mile (plural miles or (UK colloquial) mile)
Words That Rhyme With Mile
Origin of Mile
From Middle English myle, mile, from Old English mīl, from Proto-West Germanic *mīliju, a borrowing of Latin mīlia, mīllia, plural of mīle, mīlle (“mile”) (literally ‘thousand’ but used as a short form of mīlle passūs (“a thousand paces”)).
Mile: Your Questions Answered
What part of speech is mile?
Mile is a noun.
What is another word for mile?
Words with a similar meaning to mile include knot, nautical mile and air mile. See the full list of mile synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of mile?
The plural of mile is miles.