mile

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Noun

1. The [[international mile]]: a [[unit]] of [[length]] [[precisely]] [[equal]] to 1.609344 [[kilometer]]s [[establish]]ed by [[treaty]] among [[Anglophone]] [[nation]]s in 1959, [[divide]]d into 5,280 [[feet]] or 1,760 [[yard]]s.
2. [[any|Any]] of [[several]] [[customary unit]]s of [[length]] [[derive]]d from the 1593 [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[statute mile]] of 8 [[furlong]]s, [[equivalent]] to 5,280 [[feet]] or 1,760 [[yard]]s of [[various]] [[precise]] [[value]]s.
3. [[any|Any]] of [[many]] [[customary unit]]s of [[length]] [[derive]]d from the [[Roman mile]] (''[[mille passus]]'') of 8 [[stade]]s or 5,000 [[Roman feet]].
4. The [[Scandinavian mile]]: a [[unit]] of length precisely equal to 10 [[kilometer]]s defined in 1889.
5. [[any|Any]] of [[many]] [[customary unit]]s of [[length]] from [[other]] [[measurement]] [[system]]s of [[roughly]] [[similar]] [[value]]s, as the [[Chinese mile]] or [[Arabic mile]].
6. {{lb|en|travel}} An [[airline mile]] in a [[frequent flyer]] program.
7. {{lb|en|informal}} [[any|Any]] [[similarly]] [[large]] [[distance]].
8. {{lb|en|athletics}} A [[race]] of 1 mile's [[length]]; a [[race]] of [[around]] 1 mile's [[length]] ([[usually]] 1500 or 1600 [[meter]]s)
9. {{lb|en|colloquial}} One mile [[per]] [[hour]], as a [[measure]] of [[speed]].
10. {{lb|en|usually in place names}} A prominent road or street, often roughly a mile long.

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