mile
/maɪl/ noun [C]Definition
› a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1609 metres or 1760 yards: The nearest station is two miles from here. It's a five-mile walk to the next village. The latest high-speed trains can travel at 140 miles per hour.
miles › a very long distance: We drove for miles along dusty roads. Her cottage is miles from the nearest village.
(Definition of mile noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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