Meaning of mph In English

• 0 abbreviation for miles per hour:

  • My car won't do/go more than 70 mph.

  • She was caught driving at 120 mph.

• 1 abbreviation for miles per hour (= the number of miles a vehicle travels in one hour, a measure of its speed):

  • The speed limit is 55 mph.

• 2 abbreviation for miles per hour: a way of calculating the speed at which a vehicle or plane is travelling or can travel:

  • 30/150/200, etc. mph 'Bullet trains' in Europe and Asia can achieve a cruising speed of 185 mph.