mile

1. 1.

   a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

   Synonymsstatute milestat miland mileinternational milemi

   Broaderlinear unit

   Part ofleague

   Partsfurlonghalf milequarter mile
2. 2.

   a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

   Synonymsnautical mileminaut miinternational nautical mileair mile

   Broadernautical linear unit
3. 3.

   a large distance

   “he missed by a mile”

   Broaderlarge indefinite quantity
4. 4.

   a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

   Synonymssea mile

   Broadernautical linear unit
5. 5.

   a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

   Synonymsnautical milenaut mimigeographical mileAdmiralty mile

   Broadernautical linear unit
6. 6.

   an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

   SynonymsRoman mile

   Broaderlinear unit
7. 7.

   a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

   SynonymsmilSwedish mile

   Broaderlinear unit
8. 8.

   a footrace extending one mile

   “he holds the record in the mile”

   Broadertrack event

Other forms of mile

plural

miles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mile

What does mile mean?

mile means "a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mile?

mile has 1 syllable: mile. In IPA it is /ˈmaɪl/.

What is another word for mile?

Close synonyms include statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mile a common word?

mile is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mile?

2 words rhyme with mile. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.