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English to English noun
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a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters |  | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a large distance | | Example: he missed by a mile
source: wordnet30
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a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards | | source: wordnet30
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a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km | | source: wordnet30
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a footrace extending one mile | | Example: he holds the record in the mile
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A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet. | | source: webster1913
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