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Noun mile has 8 senses
- mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi - a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
--1 is a kind of linear unit
--1 is a part of league
--1 has parts:
- nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile - a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
--2 is a kind of nautical linear unit
- mile - a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
--3 is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
- sea mile, mile - a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
--4 is a kind of nautical linear unit
- nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile - a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
--5 is a kind of nautical linear unit
- mile, Roman mile - an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
--6 is a kind of linear unit
- mile, Swedish mile - a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
--7 is a kind of linear unit
- mile - a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"
--8 is a kind of track event
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