Mil vs. Mile
Milnoun
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.
Milenoun
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
Milnoun
A unit of measurement equal to 1⁄1000 of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
Milenoun
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
Milnoun
a former subdivision (1/1000) of the Maltese lira
Milenoun
Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
Milnoun
(informal) millilitre}}, mL
Milenoun
Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
Milnoun
an obsolete monetary unit of Cyprus equal in value to
Milenoun
(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.
Milnoun
a unit of length equal to
Milenoun
(informal) Any similarly large distance.
‘The shot missed by a mile.’;
Milnoun
one milliliter; - used mostly in informal speech.
Milenoun
(slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
‘The runners competed in the mile.’;
Milnoun
a unit of angular size equal to
Milenoun
(slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
‘five miles over the speed limit’;
Milnoun
One million dollars; as, his new house cost over a mil.
Milenoun
A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
Milnoun
a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
Milenoun
a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
Milnoun
a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
Milenoun
a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
Milnoun
a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
Milenoun
a large distance;
‘he missed by a mile’;
Milnoun
an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution
Milenoun
a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
Milenoun
a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
Milenoun
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
Milenoun
a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
Milenoun
a footrace extending one mile;
‘he holds the record in the mile’;
Milenoun
a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres).
Milenoun
a race extending over a mile
‘he rode the fastest mile of his entire career in 1914’;
Milenoun
a Roman measure of 1,000 paces (approximately 1,620 yards).
Milenoun
a very long way or a very great amount
‘vistas which stretch for miles’; ‘this is my favourite film by a mile’;
Mileadverb
by a great amount or a long way
‘the second tape is miles better’;
Mile
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and US customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the British Commonwealth and the United States by the international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly 1,609.344 metres.
