440 yards
- noun
- Archaic
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440 yardas
- Coming off a bye week that followed a 38-31 loss to the Raiders, Manning threw for 440 yards and four touchdowns—three of those scores came in the first half.
Examples
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He ran the race in just over a minute, covering the 440 yards in record time.
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I'm in the 440 yards; can't understand why.
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In the 440 yards dash, athletes must maintain their speed for the entire distance.
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During the track meet, the competitors lined up for the 440 yards event, ready to race.
Synonyms
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2.5
A distance equal to one fourth of a mile, about 400 meters
Surface Forms
Morphology
440 + yard
This expression is a straightforward composition of a numeral and a measurement unit: a B1 learner who knows the number '440' and the noun 'yard' will understand it denotes a length of 440 yards. The label 'quarter of a mile' is a conventional equivalence but not required for basic comprehension; the construction is cross-linguistically common and fully compositional.
Etymology
440 Yards comes from old running tracks where one lap measured 440 yards, a 'quarter of a mile'. That clear track length made 440 yards a common race distance and the name for that unit of length.