Definitions For Mile

noun

• A footrace extending one mile
• A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
• A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
• An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
• A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
• A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
• A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
• A large distance
• A unit of measurement equal to 5,280 feet (about 1,609 meters)
• A great distance
• A race that is a mile long