Also see definition of "Mile" in Bible Study Dictionaries
Word Study
Mile
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Mile has 8 senses
- mile(n = noun.quantity) international mile, land mile, mi, stat mi, statute mile - a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters; Array is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
- mile(n = noun.quantity) air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, naut mi, nautical mile - a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; Array is a kind of nautical linear unit
- mile(n = noun.quantity) Array - a large distance; "he missed by a mile" is a kind of large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
- mile(n = noun.quantity) sea mile - a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters); Array is a kind of nautical linear unit
- mile(n = noun.quantity) admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile - a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile; Array is a kind of nautical linear unit
- mile(n = noun.quantity) roman mile - an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards; Array is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
- mile(n = noun.quantity) mil, swedish mile - a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km; Array is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
- mile(n = noun.event) Array - a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile" is a kind of track event
has parts: furlong, 880 yards, half mile, 440 yards, quarter mile
is a part of league
Derived forms noun miler2, noun miler1
Derived form noun miler1
Derived form noun miler1
Derived form noun miler1
Derived forms noun miler2, noun miler1
Derived forms noun miler2, noun miler1
Derived forms noun miler2, noun miler1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Mile, n. [AS. mīl, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million.].
A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet. [1913 Webster]
" 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."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Mile, n.
1 (also statute mile) a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approx. 1.609 kilometres).
2 hist. a Roman measure of 1,000 paces (approx. 1,620 yards).
3 (in pl.) colloq. a great distance or amount (miles better; beat them by miles).
4 a race extending over a mile.
1 (also statute mile) a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approx. 1.609 kilometres).
2 hist. a Roman measure of 1,000 paces (approx. 1,620 yards).
3 (in pl.) colloq. a great distance or amount (miles better; beat them by miles).
4 a race extending over a mile.
Etymology
OE mil ult. f. L mil(l)ia pl. of mille thousand (see sense 2)
ROGET THESAURUS
Mile
Length
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
Also see definition of "Mile" in Bible Study Dictionaries
For further exploring for "Mile" in Webster Dictionary Online
