miles per hour
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1.7
- noun
- /maɪlz pər aʊər/
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millas por hora
- The winds will build to 25 miles per hour; white-capped seas will surge and slap against the boats.
- speed in miles per hour
- 60 miles per hour
- about miles per hour
OK, so we can all run a mile, at least one mile per hour.
- OK, so we can all run a mile, at least one mile per hour.
- Yes, but the second you break the speed limit by one mile per hour, everything in your bank account goes back to zero.
Examples
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Speed approximately 70 miles per hour.
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Ladies and gentlemen, a new record, 201.851 miles per hour.
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Yes, but the second you break the speed limit by one mile per hour, everything in your bank account goes back to zero.
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My car topped out at 1 40 miles per hour this morning.
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Hit the island with winds above a hundred miles per hour.
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Train "B" leaves Houston at 50 miles per hour.
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Speed is 17,500 miles per hour... and we're moving into night.
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The weather forecast said winds would exceed thirty miles per hour, and they did.
Academic text (2012) -
Northwest winds are around five miles per hour, becoming westerly in the afternoon.
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The car was traveling at a speed of miles per hour on the highway.
Synonyms
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2.3
A measure of speed showing how many miles you travel in one hour
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1.7
A unit that shows how many kilometres a vehicle travels in one hour
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2.4
The number of kilometers you travel in one hour
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2.7
The number of kilometres travelled in one hour
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4.1
A measure of speed that shows how many kilometers something moves in one second
A speed equal to one kilometre per second
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a unit of speed equal to the number of miles traveled in one hour' is directly compositional from 'mile' + 'per' + 'hour' because 'per' marks a rate and the phrase literally reads as miles in one hour. This is a standard measurement construction (e.g. 'kilometers per hour') and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Miles per hour comes from a simple idea: count how many miles you travel in one hour. So it became the way to say 'speed', or how fast something moves.