mile
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- noun
- /maɪl/
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milla
- In fact, he set the record for the mile run twice in 1942 and once in 1945.
- a mile run
- one mile
- mile time
I beat your mile time the next day, but I that ass, that ass.
- I beat your mile time the next day, but I that ass, that ass.
- He I was the Westchester County record holder for Slowest Mile.
- at Oxford and the first time a human being broke the four minute barrier for the mile.
- The day before that I didn't have much time so I went for a short fast one mile run.
Examples
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I hate the mile run, especially when it's done in a square this big.
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Today we're gonna try the two-mile run, Georgie.
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You start with one mile and you train for months, maybe years.
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And I run a single mile a couple times a week.
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Well, I'm actually doing a three mile race with my best friend.
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The results indicated that the students in the treatment group performed better in the mile run performance.
Academic text (2015) -
That's why we try to run a mile as fast as we can.
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Recently, you have participated in a mile run fitness test, practiced throwing and catching activities, etc.
Academic text (1994) -
His coach and team manager tell him he's achieved his ambition, a mile in three minutes 59.4 seconds.
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For kids aged 11 and 12, there are two separate mile races in the cross-country championships.
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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A distance of exactly 1,852 meters used for measuring sea and air travel
- Archaic
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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
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mile is used for the track race called the mile because the race covers one mile of distance, following the same measurement name. So running the mile simply means running that unit of distance.