Mile

Definition: Mile

Mile

Noun

1. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.

2. A unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters.

3. A large distance; "he missed by a mile".

4. A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet).

5. A British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet).

6. An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards.

7. A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km.

8. A footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile".

Date "mile" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	A unit of distance. See statute mile, nautical mile. (references)
Bible	Mile (from Lat. mille, "a thousand;" Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Public Administration	British and US measure of distance equal to 1. 609 metres. Source: European Union. (references)
Shipping	A unit equal to 5,280 feet on land. A nautical mile is 6076.115. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
MILE	English	Masters of International Law and Economics	N/A
mi	English	Mile	Telecom
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Mile

Synonyms: air mile (n), geographical mile (n), international nautical mile (n), knot (n), land mile (n), mi (n), naut mi (n), nautical mile (n), sea mile (n), stat mi (n), statute mile (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Borrowing	Hire, rent, farm; take a lease, take a demise; take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year; hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year; adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take.
Length	Line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league; chain, link; arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara.
Wrong	Do wrong; Noun: be inequitable; Adjective: favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile; rob Peter to pay Paul.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The theatuh, the theatuh -- what book of rules says the theater exists only within some ugly buildings crowded into one square mile of New York City (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) What I mean, sir, is if you was to put me with this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile from Adolf Hitler with a clean line of sight well, pack your bags, boys (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat) Now, Mr. Shepherd's read a lot of books, but it doesn't take a Harvard degree to see this one coming a mile down the road (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Well it is the naked mile run, everybody else is in their birthday suit (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner) Why? Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit? Hah? What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo)
Lyrics	Walk a mile just to move an inch (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) Is when a city girl walks a country mile (Girls of Summer; performing artist: Aerosmith) 'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town (Convoy; performing artist: C.W. MCCALL) God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes (What It's Like; performing artist: Everlast) Last night they had a bad one a mile or two down the road (The Fireman; performing artist: George Strait)
Clever	Before I judge my neighbor, let me walk a mile in his moccasins. (references; author: Sioux Proverb) Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour: Knot-furlong. (references; author: unknown) I always try to go the extra mile at work, but my boss always finds me and brings me back. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Portret glumice Mile Dimitrijevic (1971) The Forty-Eight Hour Mile (1970) Run a Crooked Mile (1969) Jahan Mile Dharti Akash (1968) Dodji Mile u nas kraj (1967)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Barbie: Two Princesses (Road to Reading. Mile 2) (reference) Hungry Plants (Road to Reading, Mile 4) (reference) Second Mile People (reference) The Four-Minute Mile (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Mile High Sports Magazine (reference) Ten Mile Times (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings / The Last Mile (Broadway Theatre Archive) (reference) The Green Mile (reference) Leslie Sansone - 2 Mile Walk (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	8 Mile (Clean) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) 8 Mile (Deluxe Limited Edition) [SOUNDTRACK] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	I-Jam Multimedia Corp Cherokee Sports Radio 2 Way Frs 1/2 Watt 2 Mile Range (reference) Private Pager Base Unit Up To1000 Pagers 2 Mile Range Led Msg (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Mile High Flatware Set (20-pc.) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Each of these swirling clouds is a result of a meteorological phenomenon known as a Karman vortex. These vortices appeared over Alexander Selkirk Island in the southern Pacific Ocean. Rising precipitously from the surrounding waters, the island's highest point is nearly a mile (1.6 km) above sea level. As wind-driven clouds encounter this obstacle, they flow around it to form these large, spinning eddies. Credit: NASA.		Office tent at camp at Mile Post 253 on the Alcan Highway L to R: Bachtel, David Sammons, Lieutenant Commander John Bowie Eli Packer, geodetic engineer. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Cypress Point - a world famous landmark on 17 Mile Drive. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Huge surf breaking a 1/4 mile offshore. Approximately 30-40 miles north of Santa Cruz. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Elephant Island in the distance - island Shackleton left from on 800 mile open boat trip to South Georgia Island. 61 10 S Latitude 55 14 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Army Creek Pond a freshwater pond about 1 mile upstream from the tide gate/water control structure. A rip rap dam creates the lake, the Army Creek Landfill is on the right through the trees. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	An image of Gambacorta Creek, this creek is less than a mile from Army Creek and also drains into the Delaware River. This image shows the Gambacorta tide gate nearing low tide. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Salmon jumping up a waterfall below the old Selzer Dam. Removal of the dam added 10 miles of spawning habitat to the 15 mile stretch of Clear Creek. Credit: Gary Kramer.
	Three Mile Lake in Union County is a lake built as part of the Three Mile Watershed project. The dam provides recreation, water supply, and flood control, and boosts the local economy. Credit: Lynn Betts.		East Fork Owyhee one mile east of Battle CreekArcheologyLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Carla B. James	For many, life's longest mile is the stretch from dependence to independence.
George Herbert	Every mile is two in winter.
Sioux Proverb	Before I judge my neighbor, let me walk a mile in his moccasins.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	They formed a line of half a mile.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Hear her a mile.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Major industrial accidents attributed partly to errors made by fatigued night-shift workers include the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear power plant accidents. (references)
Business		This is caused by the low Internet penetration and again by the last mile access problem. (references)
		This represents a partial solution to last mile access problem right now dominated by Telmex. (references)
		Internet penetration will grow benefiting of the last mile access provided by the Cable TV networks. (references)
Children	Pakistan	Doctors are required by law to vaccinate all children under 5 years old within a 1.2 mile range (3 miles in rural areas); however, they reportedly have taken steps to avoid the responsibility. (references)
Civil Liberties	Israel and the occupied territories	Instead, they must travel along a narrow walkway almost a mile long. (references)
	Tanzania	It is illegal for refugees to live outside of the camps or settlements or to travel outside a 2.5 mile radius of their respective camps without permission. (references)
Economic History	Nepal	When this road has been completed, construction of a 10 mile road from Beni to the intake site will be required. (references)
	Chile	Much of this will be used for the 1,000 mile extension of the Pan-American Highway between La Serena and Puerto Montt. (references)
	Netherlands	The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with an average of 958 inhabitants per square mile. (references)
Human Rights	Argentina	Barrios, who was shot but died of respiratory causes, was found in a town plaza less than a mile away. (references)
	Gambia	However, during the year, the ICRC visited Mile 2 and Jeshwang prison and found that the conditions were good. (references)
	Gambia	Most of the detainees have been in the remand wings of the Mile 2 and Janjanbureh prisons for more than 4 years without trial. (references)
Indigenous People	Botswana	The formation of the 20,000 square mile Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) by the colonial government in 1961 on traditional Basarwa lands set the stage for conflict between the Basarwa's pursuit of their traditional way of life and wildlife conservation. (references)
Political Economy	AUSTRIA	Several competitors now offer fixed-line telephone service over Telekom Austria lines, which, however, still dominates fixed-line service over the "last mile." The telecommunications' control authority issued an order for unbundling of the local loop in September 2000. (references)
	IRELAND	The EU's telecom ministers decision of October 2000 agreed to a series of "local loop unbundling rules." As a result, access to the last mile of telephone lines was liberalized in Ireland January 1, 2001. The Office of the Director of Telecommunications has set a tariff for the "last mile," which is presently being challenged by Eircom in the Irish courts. (references)
Trade	Ireland	A few Irish measurements continue to be used such as the Irish plantation acre equal to 7,840 square yards and the Irish mile equal to 6,720 feet. (references)
Travel	Denmark	In July 2000, Copenhagen became connected to Sweden by a ten mile bridge/tunnel fixed link. (references)
Worker Rights	Burma	For example, according to SHRF, since July 50 to 60 persons in Nam-Zarng township have been forced by SPDC troops to dig approximately one mile long irrigation ditch through a stretch of rice fields of the local farmers. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	The accident at Three Mile Island made the nation acutely aware of the safety risks posed by nuclear power plants.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Mile" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.29% of the time. "Mile" is used about 3,233 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.29%	3,113	3,015
Noun (proper)	3.68%	119	29,501
Unclassified Items	0.03%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3,233	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "mile" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Mile	Last name	100	70,025
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "mile": admiralty mile ♦ air mile ♦ an even mile ♦ Barker Ten Mile ♦ Car mile ♦ Eight Mile ♦ Eleven Mile Corn ♦ english mile ♦ Geographical mile ♦ give an inch and take an mile ♦ give him an inch and he'll take a mile ♦ half a mile ♦ half mile ♦ international nautical mile ♦ it stands out a mile ♦ land mile ♦ measured mile ♦ mile race ♦ mile run ♦ mile stone ♦ nautical mile ♦ Nine Mile Falls ♦ one per mile ♦ passenger mile ♦ quarter mile ♦ Roman mile ♦ sea mile ♦ Seven Mile ♦ Seven Mile Ford ♦ Six Mile ♦ Six Mile Run ♦ square mile ♦ statute mile ♦ swedish mile ♦ Ten Mile ♦ Three Mile Bay ♦ Three Mile Island ♦ To get a mile ♦ Ton mile ♦ Traffic mile ♦ Train mile ♦ Twelve Mile. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "mile": mile-and-a-half, mile-castle, mile-deep, mile-eater, mile-high, Mile-High City, mile-long, mile-mark, mile-marks, mile-post, mile-savers, mile-thick, mile-wide.
	Ending with "mile": eight-mile, fifteen-mile, fifty-mile, five-mile, four-mile, fourteen-mile, half-a-mile, half-mile, nine-mile, one-mile, quarter-mile, seven-mile, six-mile, ten-mile, thirty-mile, three-mile, twenty-mile, two-mile.
	Containing "mile": six-mile-long, three-mile-square, two-mile-long.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "mile"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		myl. (various references)

Albanian		milje, njësi gjatëse. (various references)

Arabic		‏ميل وحدة طول, ‏الميل البحري. (various references)

Basque		milia (nautical mile). (various references)

Bulgarian		миля. (various references)

Chinese		英里 , 英哩 (mi, Miles), 哩 . (various references)

Czech		míle. (various references)

Danish		mil (mil, miles, milli-inch, thou). (various references)

Dutch		mijl. (various references)

Esperanto		mejlo. (various references)

Faeroese		míl. (various references)

Farsi		مقیاس سنجش مسافت . (various references)

Finnish		maili. (various references)

French		mille (miles). (various references)

Frisian		mile. (various references)

German		Meile (miles). (various references)

Greek		μίλι. (various references)

Hebrew		אלפית (one per mile, thousandth part). (various references)

Hungarian		mérföld (league). (various references)

Indonesian		mil. (various references)

Irish		míle (thousand). (various references)

Italian		miglio (mi, millet, nautical mile). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マイコプラズマ肺炎 (at one's own pace, budget reduction, Die Meistersinger, maestro, mild, mild inflation, miler, miles, milestone, mime, mind, mind-control, mine, minor, minor change, Minor League, minor level, minority, minus, mound, mount, mountain, mountain music, mounting, mouse, mouse unit, mouth, mouthpiece, movingicon, my pace, mycoplasma pneumonia, negative image, one'shome, one'shouse, personal computer), screwdriverdriver), something that a person is currently obsessed with or fascinated by). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マイル . (various references)

Korean		마일 (mi, Miles). (various references)

Manx		meeiley Yernagh (Irish mile), meeiley varrey (nautical mile), meeiley faarkee (nautical mile), meeiley cherrinagh (square mile). (various references)

Occitan		mila (1,852 m) (nautical mile). (various references)

Papiamen		mia. (various references)

Pig Latin		ilemay.(various references)

Portuguese		milha. (various references)

Romanian		milã (alms, charity, commiseration, compassion, goodwill, grief, it is pitiful, lenity, love, mercy, pity, remorse, Ruth, sparing). (various references)

Russian		миля. (various references)

Scottish		mìle (a thousand, one thousand, thousand). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		milja. (various references)

Spanish		legúa, milla (nautical mile). (various references)

Swedish		mil (ten kilometres), engelsk mil. (various references)

Turkish		mil (Arbor, axle, axle tree, cannon, gudgeon, milliary, pin, pintle, pivot, probe, shaft, spindle, style, stylus, tree), kara mili. (various references)

Ukrainian		миля. (various references)

Vietnamese		dặm (league). (various references)

Welsh		milltir. (various references)

Zulu		imayela, ilimayela. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	mila. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 41
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ostiV se aggareusei milion en upage met autou duo
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et quicumque te angariaverit mille passus vade cum illo alia duo
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And who euer constreyneth thee a thousynde pacis, go thou with hym othir tweyne.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And whosoever wyll copell the to goo a myle goo wyth him twayne.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And whoever shall constrain thee to go one mile, go with him two.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 41
Cebuano	ug kon may mopugos kanimo sa pagpauban aniyag usa ka milya, ubani siyag duha ka milya.
Chinese	有人強逼你走一里路、你就同他走二里。
Croatian	Ako te tko prisili jednu milju, poði s njim dvije.
Danish	Og dersom nogen tvinger dig til at gå een Mil,da gå to med ham!
Dutch	En zo wie u zal dwingen een mijl te gaan, gaat met hem twee mijlen.
Finnish	ja jos joku pakottaa sinua yhden virstan matkalle, kulje hänen kanssaan kaksi.
French	Si quelqu`un te force à faire un mille, fais-en deux avec lui.
German	Und so dich jemand nötigt eine Meile, so gehe mit ihm zwei.
Hungarian	És a ki téged egy mértföldútra kényszerít, menj el vele kettõre.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kalau seorang penguasa memaksa kalian memikul barangnya sejauh satu kilometer, pikullah sejauh dua kilometer.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan lagi barangsiapa yang memaksa engkau berjalan satu mil jauhnya, pergilah sertanya dua kali ganda.
Italian	E se uno ti costringerà a fare un miglio, tu fanne con lui due.
Manx Gaelic	As quoi-erbee chionnys ort dy gholl un veeley marish, gow marish jees.
Maori	A ki te tonoa koe e tetahi kia haere kotahi te maero, kia rua au e haere tahi ai me ia.
Norwegian	og om nogen tvinger dig til å gå en mil, da gå to med ham.
Portuguese	e, se qualquer te obrigar a caminhar mil passos, vai com ele dois mil.
Rumanian	Dacq te silewte cineva sq mergi cu el o milq de loc, mergi cu el douq.
Russian	Й ЛФП РТЙОХДЙФ ФЕВС ЙДФЙ У ОЙН ПДОП РПРТЙЭЕ, ЙДЙ У ОЙН ДЧБ.
Shuar	Tura Káarkancha chikichik kirumitruk jurutkitia Túramkui ámeka Jimiará kirumitru ejeeta.
Spanish	A cualquiera que te obligue a llevar carga por una milla, ve con él dos.
Swahili	Mtu akikulazimisha kubeba mzigo wake kilomita moja, ubebe kilomita mbili.
Swedish	och om någon tvingar dig att till hans tjänst gå med en mil, så gå två med honom.
Uma	Ane hadua tantara mpewuku-ta mpokolo-ki kenia-na nte hakilo kalaa-na, kolo lau-miki kenia-na nte rokilo kalaa-na.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mile": mileage, mileages, milepost, mileposts, miler, milers, miles, milesimo, milesimos, milestone, milestones. (additional references)
	Words ending with "mile": besmile, camomile, chamomile, facsimile, outsmile, simile, smile, telefacsimile. (additional references)
	Words containing "mile": besmiled, besmiles, camomiles, chamomiles, facsimiles, homiletic, homiletical, homiletics, outsmiled, outsmiles, semilegendary, semilethal, semilethals, similes, smiled, smileless, smiler, smilers, smiles, smiley, smileys, telefacsimiles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mile" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Emille, imel, iml, imole, jile, mael, mailee, Mailey, Maille, mailu, Malee, maleg, maleh, Malev, Malew, maley, malle, maloe, malue, malve, masle, Mbila, meale, meel, Meigle, Meihle, meile, meilee, mekle, mele, meleh, melen, Meleu, melf, meli, melle, Meloe, Meole, mhil, mial, Miale, Mibei, midla, midle, midlle, mie, miee, miel, miele, Mielec, Mieli, miell, mielt, mife, mige, mila, Milab, Milac, Milap, milax, Milc, milde, milea, milek, Milenko, milet, mileu, milex, miley, milf, Mili, milie, milke, milla, millo, Miln, milne, milo, Milp, milq, milue, miluji, miluk, Milupa, milz, miqe, misle, mitle, mive, mla, mle, Mlib, Mljet, mnla, molea, molek, molge, mple, muley, mulle, mulo, mulu, mulue, Mwila, mye, myel, myl, Mylae, myle, Mylex, Myln, mytle, niel, nili, uile. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mile" (pronounced mī"l)
3	m ī" l	smile.
2	-ī" l	aisle, Argyll, awhile, beguile, bile, compile, file, guile, Heil, stile, style, Isle, Phyle, pile, refile, restyle, revile, rile, tile, vile, while, wile, worthwhile, Wyle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lime.
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-m"
	-1 letter: elm, lei, lie, mel, mil.
	-2 letters: el, em, li, me, mi.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m"
	+1 letter: clime, elemi, email, gimel, glime, ileum, impel, kelim, limed, limen, limes, limey, maile, melic, miler, miles, mille, slime, smile.
	+2 letters: blimey, climes, delime, dimple, elemis, elmier, emails, emboli, filmed, filmer, fimble, gimels, gimlet, glimed, glimes, helium, hiemal, illume, impale, impels, kelims, lambie, lamiae, limbed, limber, limens, limeys, limier, limmer, limned, limner, limped, limper, limpet, lomein, mailed, mailer, mailes, malice, maline, mallei, mealie, medial, megilp, meikle, meloid, menial, merlin, mesial, micell, mickle, middle, midleg, miggle, milage, milden, milder, mildew, milers, milieu, milked, milker, milled, miller, milles, millet, milneb, milted, milter, mingle, misled, mislie, missel, mizzle, mobile, moiled, moiler, molies, moline, mollie, motile, muesli, myelin, nimble, oilmen, pileum, pimple, prelim, refilm, remail, rimple, samiel, simile, simnel, simple, slimed, slimes, smiled, smiler, smiles, smiley, telium, timely, wimble, wimple.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
air mile	3,796	three mile island	237
8 mile	2,626	airline mile credit card	179
marlboro mile	1,097	conversion kilometer mile	176
mile davis	929	air mile credit card	166
mile	558	moonlight mile	165
marlboro mile catalog	504	mile one	164
delta sky mile	504	nautical mile	163
8 mile soundtrack	475	air mile canada	158
aubrey mile	466	foot in a mile	158
a thousand mile	462	8 mile movie	152
the mile high club	400	8 eminem mile	151
julia mile	392	mile city mt	150
naked mile	371	robert mile	147
green mile	344	how many foot are in a mile	146
frequent flyer mile	340	mile motor shelor	141
8 lyrics mile	322	17 mile drive	133
mile high comic	292	convert kilometer mile	120
kimball mile	287	mile quarter times	119
milwaukee mile	279	mile high	113
kilometer mile	275	mile per gallon	106
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"1 mile bridge" by Charlene Winfred Commentary: "Carnarvon, western australia."	"Plane Window" by Luke Partridge Commentary: "Mile high, blue sky. Lomo and 50 speed film."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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