noun (n)

• a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters(noun.quantity)

  Synonym:
  international mile, land mile, mi, stat mi, statute mile
  

  source: wordnet30
• a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude(noun.quantity)

  Synonym:
  air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, naut mi, nautical mile
  

  source: wordnet30
• a large distance(noun.quantity)

  Example:
  He missed by a mile.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)(noun.quantity)

  Synonym:
  sea mile
  

  source: wordnet30
• a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile(noun.quantity)

  Synonym:
  admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile
  

  source: wordnet30
• an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards(noun.quantity)

  Synonym:
  roman mile
  

  source: wordnet30
• a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km(noun.quantity)

  Synonym:
  mil, swedish mile
  

  source: wordnet30
• a footrace extending one mile(noun.event)

  Example:
  He holds the record in the mile.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.(noun)

  source: webster1913