mile

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

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

a large distance; "he missed by a mile"

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

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

an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"