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  1. 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
  2. noun
    a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
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  3. noun
    a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

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  4. noun
    a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
  5. noun
    an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

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  6. noun
    a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

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  7. noun
    a footrace extending one mile
    "he holds the record in the mile"
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  8. noun
    a large distance
    "he missed by a mile"
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  • give convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
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  • smile express with a smile
  • japan a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
  • section a land unit equal to 1 square mile
  • mi a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
  • league an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
  • chicago largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
  • mile a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
  • mile a footrace extending one mile
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