air mile
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- noun
- /ɛr maɪl/
- Specialized
:
milla aérea
- A few years ago, Willard-Jones flew down to Homer for a trial, about 100 air miles from Anchorage.
- logged air miles
- racked up air miles
- million air miles
Examples
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The trip out from Edgeway Station, which lay four air miles to the northeast of their temporary camp, six miles by snowmobile past ridges and deep chasms, had not been difficult.
Fiction book (2000) -
Air miles can be donated by visiting americanairlines.com and using the advantage account number of 28VUA40, the name "Jay Irsik," and the email address **26;8332;TOOLONG.
Blog text (19) -
A lot of air miles over the last few days, meaning college basketball starts today, which is always my favorite time.
Blog text (12) -
Rubbish stuff, but all air miles, you know, all stuff that, that to this day, I, I still know exactly what they taught me in my first demo.
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A bit more than 700 air miles from White Sands to Brownsville.
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The Irsik family has established a fund for Emilee and also created the ability to donate air miles through American Airlines.
Blog text (19) -
Many travelers collect air miles to earn free flights and upgrades.
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After his trip to Europe, he checked his account and saw he had gained 5,000 air miles.
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She uses her air miles for vacations, allowing her to travel at a lower cost.
Synonyms
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1.0
A measure of distance at sea equal to 1,852 meters used in navigation
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A distance of exactly 1,852 meters used for measuring sea and air travel
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A unit of distance used at sea equal to 1,852 meters
A unit of distance for ships and planes that equals 1,852 meters
A unit for measuring distance at sea or in the air equal to about 1852 meters
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a mile used in aviation' is directly and compositionally derived from 'air' (relating to aviation) + 'mile' (a unit of distance), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the mile used in air/navigation contexts. Although technical, the compounding pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, making it immediately comprehensible at B1.
Etymology
Air mile comes from the same mile sailors used at sea to find their way, but used in the air for planes. That's why an air mile means the fixed distance of '1,852 meters' and is used by pilots to 'measure distance'.