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# mi

abbreviation (mi); also a note name (mi)

«mi» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mi is the short way to write mile, a long unit of length for roads and trips. A mile is about 1.6 kilometers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#m1)
2. In singing (do, re, mi), mi is the third note of the scale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#m2)

### In the lessons

a unit of distance written after a number, as in 5 mi; used in travel and speed problems and on road signs in the USA and the UK; mph means miles per hour

### Examples

- The town is 12 mi away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x1)
- She drives 30 mi each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x2)
- The trail is 4 mi long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x3)
- A car goes 60 mi in one hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x4)
- The sign said: Beach 3 mi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x5)
- The speed limit is 25 mph near the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x6)
- Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x7)
- We hiked 2 mi before lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/#x8)

### Note

Read «mi» as «miles»; it names the unit of the number before it. With «per hour» it is a speed, so distance = speed × time. Trap: do not mix mi with km; mi is not «min» (minutes) and not «m» (meters).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mi/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mi.html) on Mova free.