Miles

[mahylz]

noun

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

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

Miles

/ maɪlz /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Coast Guard, it conducted a search-and-rescue operation 400 miles south of the Pacific resort city of Acapulco.

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The education secretary has accused Reform UK of seeking to take "children back to the Victorian era" over a council's plan that could see pupils as young as eight walking up to five miles to school.

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Currently, a child under the age of eight is eligible for free travel to their nearest suitable school if it is more than two miles from their home.

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Finch's council runs to the same distance thresholds when working out eligibility, but he is seeking permission for those to be set at local level, and in the case of Warwickshire, extend distances by two miles for each of the age categories.

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Children aged eight years or above are eligible if the distance is more than three miles.

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Related Words

• deep 
• distant 
• long