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[Language: Old English; Origin: mil, from Latin milia passum 'thousands of paces']
written abbreviation m
a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1760 yards or about 1609 metres
::It's forty miles from here to the Polish border.
::an area 50 miles wide and 150 miles long
::We walked about half a mile .
::He was driving at 70 miles per hour .
the mile
a race that is a mile in length
::the first man to run the mile in under four minutes
miles
informal a very long distance
miles from
::We were miles from home, and very tired.
miles away
::You can't go to Portsmouth, it's miles away.
for miles
::You can see for miles from here.
::They lived in a little cottage miles from anywhere (=a long way from the nearest town) .
go the extra mile
to try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort
::The president expressed his determination to go the extra mile for peace.
stick out/stand out a mile
informal to be very easy to see or notice
::It sticks out a mile that you're new here.
can see/spot/tell sth a mile off
informal if you can see something a mile off, it is very easy to notice
::You can tell a mile off that he likes you.
be miles away
spoken to not be paying attention to anything that is happening around you
::'Kate!' 'Sorry, I was miles away!'
miles older/better/too difficult etc
BrE informal very much older, better, too difficult etc
-synonym loads loads
::The second film's miles better.
by a mile
informal by a very large amount
::He was the best player on the pitch by a mile.
miles out
BrE informal a measurement, guess, or calculation that is miles out is completely wrong
join the mile high club
informal to have sex in a plane
-see also nautical mile , run a mile at run 1 (38)