English-German translations for mile

• Meile die
  Das bedeutet, dass die Kosten beim Fahren dieser Fahrzeuge, in einer Zeit, in der die Kraftstoffpreise auf einem Rekordhoch sind, Meile für Meile sinken. That means reducing the costs of driving them, mile by mile, at a time when fuel prices are at a record high.

Definition of mile

• The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards
• Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet
• Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese or Arabic mile (al-mīl
• Any similarly large distance
• A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters
• One mile per hour, as a measure of speed

Examples

• The shot missed by a mile
• The runners competed in the mile
• five miles over the speed limit

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