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mile

noun
  1. a footrace extending one mile
    “They hold the record in the mile.”
  2. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet
    mi
  3. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
    mil
  4. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
  5. a unit of length used in navigation
    knot
  6. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters)
    “800 feet longer than a statute mile”
    mi
  7. a former British unit of length once used in navigation
    sea mile
  8. a large distance
    “The basketball player missed by a mile.”