miles

noun5, 280 feet/1.609 kilometers measured

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noun 5, 280 feet/1.609 kilometers measured

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adjective. at a great distance

Word Origin & History

Old English mil, from West Germanic *milja (cf. Middle Dutch mile, Dutch mijl, Old High German mila, German meile), from Latin mila "thousands," plural of mille "a thousand" (neuter plural was mistaken in Germanic as a fem. singular), of unknown origin.

The Latin word also is the source of French mille, Italian miglio, Spanish milla. The Scandinavian words (Old Norse mila, etc.) are from English. An ancient Roman mile was 1,000 double paces (one step with each foot), for about 4,860 feet, but there were many local variants and a modern statute mile is about 400 feet longer. In Germany, Holland, and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, the Latin word was applied arbitrarily to the ancient Germanic rasta, a measure of from 3.25 to 6 English miles. Mile-a-minute (adj.) "very fast" is attested from 1957.

Example Sentences for miles

After following Lake Barlee for nine miles, it turned to the southward.

Hope to reach Israelite Bay to-morrow, as it is only sixteen miles distant.

We have not seen any permanent water for the last eighty miles.

Continuing westerly for about ten miles, we reached the water, our bivouac on the 22nd.

Steered east for four miles, when we struck Mr. Gosse's cart-track.

He also said there was a well of good water about eight miles further on.

We turned east for ten miles to a range, which we found to be covered with spinifex.

Fine pools for the first six miles, with numbers of ducks in them.

To the east, plains for at least thirty miles, when broken ranges were visible.

I will send back and get the flour, as it is only five miles off.

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