| mile | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet. | |
| 4. n. Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl). | |
| 5. n. (informal) Any similarly large distance. | |
| The shot missed by a mile. | |
| 6. n. (slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters) | |
| The runners competed in the mile. | |
| 7. n. (slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed. | |
| five miles over the speed limit | |
