mile

noun

1. 1

   a footrace extending one mile

   he holds the record in the mile

2. 2

   a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

3. 3

   a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

4. 4

   an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

5. 5

   a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

6. 6

   a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

7. 7

   a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

8. 8

   a large distance

   he missed by a mile