mile

CEFRA2

/maɪ̯l/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A unit of distance equal to 1.609 kilometers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The school stands about one mile off.

  • The beach is a mile away.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • [maɪ̯ɫ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

More examples

In context

  • The bridge is one mile above.

  • You need to go about three mile down the road.

  • 3.6 km is about 2 miles.

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Origin

noun

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”)).