Noun mile has 8 senses
  1. 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:
     furlong; half mile, 880 yards; quarter mile, 440 yards
  2. 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
  3. mile - a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
    --3 is a kind of
    large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. mile, Roman mile - an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
    --6 is a kind of linear unit
  7. mile, Swedish mile - a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
    --7 is a kind of linear unit
  8. mile - a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"
    --8 is a kind of
    track event
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