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INTERNATIONAL MILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does international mile mean? 

INTERNATIONAL MILE (noun)
  The noun INTERNATIONAL MILE has 1 sense:

1. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 metersplay

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL MILE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERNATIONAL MILE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

international mile; land mile; mi; mile; stat mi; statute mile

Hypernyms ("international mile" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Meronyms (parts of "international mile"):

furlong (a unit of length equal to 220 yards)

880 yards; half mile (a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile)

440 yards; quarter mile (a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile)

Holonyms ("international mile" is a part of...):

league (an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles))


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