mile

A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (1,609 meters), used in the United States and other English-speaking countries.

A nautical mile.

An air mile.

A race that is one mile long.

A relatively great distance.

A contraction of Mademoiselle.

An itinerary measure, modified from that of the Romans, which was equal to 1,617 English yards: used in the British empire, in the United States, and, formerly, in most European countries.

A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.