mile
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
- league part holonym
- furlong part meronym
- half mile part meronym
- quarter mile part meronym
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Sense 2 noun
a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
Types & categories
- nautical linear unit hypernym
Related & opposite
- miler derivation
Sense 3 noun
a large distance
he missed by a mile
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
Types & categories
- nautical linear unit hypernym
Related & opposite
- miler derivation
Sense 5 noun
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
Types & categories
- nautical linear unit hypernym
Related & opposite
- miler derivation
Sense 6 noun
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
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Sense 7 noun
a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
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Sense 8 noun
a footrace extending one mile
he holds the record in the mile
Types & categories
- track event hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | league |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | furlong |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | half mile |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quarter mile |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | nautical linear unit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | nautical linear unit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | nautical linear unit |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | miler |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | track event |