1
: any of various units of distance: such as
a
: a unit equal to 5280 feet see Weights and Measures Table
b
2
: a race of a mile
3
: a relatively great distance, degree, or interval
—usually plural
was miles ahead of them in education
—sometimes used adverbiallyThis one is miles [=much, far] better than that one.
Examples of mile in a Sentence
We passed mile after mile of beautiful scenery as we drove through the country.
We traveled over miles of dirt road.
The car was traveling at 70 miles per hour.
We were miles from home.
We still have miles to go.
The beach stretched on for miles and miles.
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Approximately 300 miles south of Wrigley Field, the Cincinnati Reds, the club in front of the Mets for the National League’s final playoff spot, lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
OpenAI's flagship site for the $500 billion Stargate program opened in Abilene, a city about 180 miles west of Dallas.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
That was the day Strickland came under attack from a nine-foot shark while looking for scallops in five-feet deep water around a mile-and-a-half from the shoreline of Keaton Beach, near Grassy Island.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The second disturbance, a disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms, is currently situated several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, west of the first system.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
OpenAI's flagship site for the $500 billion Stargate program opened in Abilene, a city about 180 miles west of Dallas.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
That was the day Strickland came under attack from a nine-foot shark while looking for scallops in five-feet deep water around a mile-and-a-half from the shoreline of Keaton Beach, near Grassy Island.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The second disturbance, a disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms, is currently situated several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, west of the first system.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mile. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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mile
noun1
: a unit of measure equal to 5280 feet (about 1609 meters)
called also statute mile
see measure2
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