mileage

CEFRB2

/ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The number of miles a vehicle has traveled or can travel.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

Examples

  • What is the fuel mileage of this car?

  • What mileage do you get with this car?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.

  2. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

  3. A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a railroad car.

More examples

In context

  • There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research.

  • This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it.

  • There’s some mileage in your argument.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The car's high blank shows it has traveled over 200,000 miles.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From mile + -age.