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# mile

noun (mile, miles)

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

## Everyday

1. A mile is a long unit of distance; walking a mile takes about 20 minutes. A mile is 1760 yards. A mile is 5280 feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#m1)
2. «Miles» can mean a very long way, as in «miles from home». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#m2)

### In the lessons

a unit of distance for walking, running, driving; often with «per hour» or «each day»; road signs and speed limits in the USA and the UK use miles; phrases «miles per hour» (mph), «miles away», «go the extra mile»

### Examples

- He ran 3 miles each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x1)
- The town is 12 miles away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x2)
- She drove 60 miles per hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x3)
- How many miles did he run in a week? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x4)
- The speed limit near the school is 20 miles per hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x5)
- We walked a mile to the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x6)
- Grandma lives miles from the nearest shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x7)
- A marathon is about 26 miles long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x8)
- She always goes the extra mile to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x9)
- A mile is longer than a kilometre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x10)
- By evening he was miles away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mile/#x11)

### Note

A unit, not a thing counted. «miles each day» or «miles per hour» is a rate (multiply by days or hours). Trap: a week is 7 days. 1 mile is about 1.6 kilometers. «Go the extra mile» means to do more than you must, not to walk.

## On Mova

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