Antonyms for
mile
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.
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All Definitions for Mile

Below are all the dictionary definitions of mile:

1The 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.
2Any 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.
3Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
4Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese mile or Arabic mile.
5The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
6An airline mile in a frequent flyer program.
7Any similarly large distance.
8A race of 1 mile's length
9A race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
10One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
11A county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
12A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Миле (Mile)

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