mile

noun

1. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
3. a large distance"he missed by a mile"
4. a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
5. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
6. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
7. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
8. a footrace extending one mile"he holds the record in the mile"