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mile

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international nautical mile

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01noun

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

02noun

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

03noun

a large distance

“he missed by a mile”

04noun

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

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05noun

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

06noun

an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

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a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

08noun

a footrace extending one mile

“he holds the record in the mile”

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go the extra mile

Make more effort than is normally expected.

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