mile
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- noun
- /maɪl/
- Specialized
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milla náutica
- There's a private landing strip a few miles away.
- nautical mile
- nautical mile (nm)
- 12 nautical miles
Examples
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After all, we are just 840 miles from the South Pole.
Academic text (2003) -
Saw it ten miles off.
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Outside, at the car, she said, "It's two miles from the school and I can walk that."
Fiction book (1993) -
Only 19 miles to go.
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It's not far, maybe two or three miles.
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The western forces are stopped 120 miles from the sea.
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If you're looking for gas, you could drive up the road about two miles.
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The interim final rule specifies a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour.
Academic text (2000) -
Staff at Salem will transfer to Ipswich, about 12 miles farther north on the state's North Shore.
Academic text (2007) -
The yacht sailed over 50 nautical miles during its journey across the ocean.
Synonyms
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4.4
A distance of exactly 1,852 meters used for measuring sea and air travel
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8.1
A unit of distance used at sea equal to 1,852 meters
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3.2
A unit of distance used in flying that equals 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
An old measure of distance used at sea that equals 6,080 feet, about 1,853 metres
An old British unit of length equal to 6,080 feet
Idioms
- Informal
Allowing a small favor makes someone try to take much more than you wanted
- Informal
When you are already helping a little, keep going and do it completely even if it gets much bigger
- Informal
Imagine being the other person to understand their feelings and situation
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
A distance of exactly 1,852 meters used for measuring sea and air travel
- Archaic
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7.5
A line three miles from a country's coast that marks the sea it controls
- Archaic
An old measure of distance used at sea that equals 6,080 feet, about 1,853 metres
A common name for Denver, the capital of Colorado, because it is about one mile above sea level
- Specialized
A unit of length equal to 1,609.344 meters used in the United States and the United Kingdom
- Specialized
A unit of distance for ships and planes that equals 1,852 meters
- Specialized
A U.S. measure of distance equal to 1,609.347 meters used in land surveys
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mile at sea became the nautical mile, which comes from measuring the Earth and equals one 'minute' of latitude on a map; this is why the nautical mile is a bit longer than the land mile. So sailors and pilots use the nautical mile for navigation because it links distance to the globe.