0 a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or 1.6 kilometres: --
1 a unit of measurement of distance equal to 1760 yards or 1.6 kilometers --
2 a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or 1.6 kilometres: --
We are just three miles from the airport.
3 to make more effort than is expected of you: --
To be successful, you need to be willing to go the extra mile for your customers.
4 used for saying how fast a vehicle, plane, etc. is travelling or can travel: --
Finally, the mean distance of migration, measured as the shortest distance between parishes, was 10n6 miles for removal orders and 5n3 miles for certificates.
To mark the boundaries between these corridors, lines of more than six miles in length were cut into the forest.
How could you convey a notion such as "the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second," without language?
A speed limit is set at 55 miles per hour.
A statute provides that one may not drive at over 55 miles per hour.
The island itself is approximately 23 miles long by 3 wide and known by different.
At one point the corridor is just thirteen miles wide.
The bridge to the island(s) was about ten miles off the main highway.
