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.
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adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
One of France’s oldest greenways, the lakeside route runs nearly 20 miles along the western shore between Annecy and Val de Chaise.
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And in 1956 the Federal-Aid Highway Act funded 41,000 miles of interstate—an asphalt backbone justified as civil defense infrastructure but experienced as a coast-to-coast permission slip for self-reinvention.
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The geography of the small city is spread out across over 110 small islands, with the historical center taking up approximately two square miles.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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Carlo Versano
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
One of France’s oldest greenways, the lakeside route runs nearly 20 miles along the western shore between Annecy and Val de Chaise.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
And in 1956 the Federal-Aid Highway Act funded 41,000 miles of interstate—an asphalt backbone justified as civil defense infrastructure but experienced as a coast-to-coast permission slip for self-reinvention.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
The geography of the small city is spread out across over 110 small islands, with the historical center taking up approximately two square miles.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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“Mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mile. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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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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