American English pronunciation
How to pronounce miles
IPA transcription: ['maɪlz]
Pronunciation variants: ['maɪlz]['maɪəlz]
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Noun
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a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
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a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
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a large distance
“he missed by a mile”
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a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
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a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
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an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
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a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
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a footrace extending one mile
“he holds the record in the mile”
Usage examples
- Something deep beneath the earth shifted, sending vibrations strong enough to register on earthquake detection mechanisms hundreds of miles away.
- Several miles into Scott County, the stream begins a westerly trend.
- Bushbury lies approximately two miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre.
- It seemed to him that it fell to earth about one hundred miles east of here.
- The family seat is Broomhall House, three miles south-west of Dunfermline, Scotland.
- The greatest authority on meteorites stated that the height of its first appearance was about ninety or one hundred miles.
- It seemed to him that it fell to earth about one hundred miles east of here.
- The explosion was its own alarm, heard for miles.
- Some, such as the Miles Martinet, were specially designed for the role.
- Allen County Airport is three miles south of the city.