1
: any of various units of distance: such as
a
: a unit equal to 5280 feet see Weights and Measures Table
b
2
: a race of a mile
3
: a relatively great distance, degree, or interval
—usually plural
was miles ahead of them in education
—sometimes used adverbiallyThis one is miles [=much, far] better than that one.
Examples of mile in a Sentence
We passed mile after mile of beautiful scenery as we drove through the country.
We traveled over miles of dirt road.
The car was traveling at 70 miles per hour.
We were miles from home.
We still have miles to go.
The beach stretched on for miles and miles.
Recent Examples on the Web
Debris from Xenia was found as far as 200 miles from the city.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
An immersion in living water is needed to complete the conversion process, but the nearest mikvah, about 60 miles away in Bangor, was closed at the time because of the pandemic.
—Jenna Russell Tristan Spinski, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Unlike Stonehenge, where many of the stones were quarried more than 100 miles away, the stones at Calanais are local gneiss, an ancient metamorphic rock that forms the backbone of the Hebrides.
—Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
After the earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan’s Hualien County Wednesday morning, TSMC briefly evacuated some of its workers from its factory in Hsinchu, more than 100 miles from the epicenter.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Connecticut State Police Investigators believe Fotis Dulos had brought a bicycle with him, and believe he is seen on surveillance video biking the last three miles to Jennifer's house.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Some of the landings would be on a drone ship somewhere in the ocean at least 31 miles from the coast and as far out as several hundred miles, anywhere between the latitudes of Los Angeles and the middle of Baja California.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Trending Videos Bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware to the south, and Pennsylvania to the west, New Jersey stretches 150 miles from top to bottom.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
FlightAware data shows that the plane was in the air for two hours and 18 minutes, traveling only 842 miles of its 2,783-mile flight before heading back to Honolulu.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
An immersion in living water is needed to complete the conversion process, but the nearest mikvah, about 60 miles away in Bangor, was closed at the time because of the pandemic.
—Jenna Russell Tristan Spinski, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Unlike Stonehenge, where many of the stones were quarried more than 100 miles away, the stones at Calanais are local gneiss, an ancient metamorphic rock that forms the backbone of the Hebrides.
—Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
After the earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan’s Hualien County Wednesday morning, TSMC briefly evacuated some of its workers from its factory in Hsinchu, more than 100 miles from the epicenter.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Connecticut State Police Investigators believe Fotis Dulos had brought a bicycle with him, and believe he is seen on surveillance video biking the last three miles to Jennifer's house.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Some of the landings would be on a drone ship somewhere in the ocean at least 31 miles from the coast and as far out as several hundred miles, anywhere between the latitudes of Los Angeles and the middle of Baja California.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Trending Videos Bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware to the south, and Pennsylvania to the west, New Jersey stretches 150 miles from top to bottom.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
FlightAware data shows that the plane was in the air for two hours and 18 minutes, traveling only 842 miles of its 2,783-mile flight before heading back to Honolulu.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mile. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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mile
noun1
: a unit of measure equal to 5280 feet (about 1609 meters)
called also statute mile
see measure2
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