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'mile'

[mile.n.01] as in: a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344

meters

'mile'

[nautical_mile.n.02] as in: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

'mile'

[mile.n.03] as in: a large distance

Examples:
he missed by a mile

'mile'

[sea_mile.n.01] as in: a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8

meters)

'mile'

[nautical_mile.n.01] as in: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184

meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

'mile'

[mile.n.06] as in: an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

'mile'

[mile.n.07] as in: a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

'mile'

[mile.n.08] as in: a footrace extending one mile

Examples:
he holds the record in the mile