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mile — mile … Dictionnaire des rimes
mile — W1S1 [maıl] n [: Old English; Origin: mil, from Latin milia passum thousands of paces ] 1.) written abbreviation m a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1760 ↑yards or about 1609 metres ▪ It s forty miles from here to the Polish border. ▪ an… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mile — [ majl ] n. m. • 1866 (le mot était francisé en mille); mot angl.; lat. milia ♦ Mesure anglo saxonne de longueur utilisée en Grande Bretagne, aux États Unis et au Canada, valant 5 280 pieds soit 1 609 mètres. ⇒ 2. mille. Sport Le record du monde… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Mile — steht für Meile (engl.), Längenmaß Statute mile (englische Meile), Längeneinheit der britischen Landmeile in Großbritannien und den USA Mile (Honghe) (弥勒县), Kreis im Autonomen Bezirk Honghe in der chinesischen Provinz Yunnan Milwaukee Mile,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
mile — [maɪl] written abbreviation m noun [countable] also geographical mile a unit for measuring distance or length, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,609 metres ˌnautical ˈmile also ˈsea mile a unit for measuring dista … Financial and business terms
mile — [ maıl ] noun count *** 1. ) a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1,760 YARDS or 1.609 kilometers: The walk is about ten miles and on level ground. The town is about forty miles southeast of Budapest. miles long/deep/high etc.: The peninsula… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Mile — (m[imac]l), n. [AS. m[=i]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. {Mill} the tenth of a cent, {Million}.] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mile — ► NOUN 1) (also statute mile) a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres). 2) (miles) informal a very long way. ► ADVERB (miles) informal ▪ by a great amount or a long way. ● … English terms dictionary
Mile 81 — is a novella by Stephen King, written exclusively for the Amazon Kindle, and was released on September 1, 2011. The ebook will also include an excerpt from King s upcoming novel 11/22/63. Summary At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up… … Wikipedia
mile — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}przysł., mileej {{/stl 8}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl 20}}{{stl 12}}1. {{/stl 12}}{{stl 7}} przyjaźnie, z życzliwością, z serdecznością : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Witać, żegnać kogoś mile. Mile z kimś porozmawiać. {{/stl 10}}{{stl 20}}… … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
mile — or statute mile [mīl] n. pl. miles; sometimes, after a number, mile [ME < OE mil, pl. mila < WGmc * milja < L milia, pl. of mille, thousand, in milia passuum, thousand paces, mile] a unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 5,280 feet… … English World dictionary
