Miles

[ mahylz ]

/ maɪlz /

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noun

Nelson Appleton,1839–1925, U.S. army officer.

a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “merciful.”

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Definition for miles (2 of 2)

mile

[ mahyl ]

/ maɪl /

noun

Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).

nautical mile.

international nautical mile.

any of various other units of distance or length at different periods and in different countries.Compare Roman mile.

a notable distance or margin: missed the target by a mile. Abbreviation: mi, mi.

Origin of mile

before 1000; Middle English; Old English mīl < Latin mīlia (passuum) a thousand (paces)

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In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.
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Miles of Soviet era housing projects sat along on the ocean.
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Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
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Oxhey (2 miles S. from Watford) is a hamlet on the Middlesex border.
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We took the wind through the night, and in the morning we were eighty miles from Corfu, which I determined to reach by rowing.
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British Dictionary definitions for miles (1 of 2)

Miles

/ (maɪlz) /

noun

Bernard, Baron Miles of Blackfriars. 1907–91, British actor and theatre manager. He founded the Mermaid Theatre in London, and was known as a character actor

British Dictionary definitions for miles (2 of 2)

mile

/ (maɪl) /

noun

Also called: statute mile a unit of length used in the UK, the US, and certain other countries, equal to 1760 yards. 1 mile is equivalent to 1.609 34 kilometres

See nautical mile

See Swedish mile

any of various units of length used at different times and places, esp the Roman mile, equivalent to 1620 yards

(often plural) informal a great distance; great dealhe missed by a mile

a race extending over a mile

adverb

miles (intensifier)he likes his new job miles better

Word Origin for mile

Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia (passuum) a thousand (paces)

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