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miles meaning

EN[maɪlz]
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WMiles
  • NounBFmile
    1. plural of mile.
      1. (slang) A great distance.
        1. His final shot missed the bullseye by miles.
        2. From the top of the hill you can see for miles.
        3. No need to hurry. The deadline is miles away.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely.
        • The hardest thing I ever did was run the 25th mile of a 26 mile long marathon.
        • … not less than 20 miles per hour on all portions of the thruway system.
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • From a semiconstructed building in the middle of a cornfield into the bathroom floor of his cell in the Altiplano prison, its length is greater than a mile.

    Meaning of miles for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "miles" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form.
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      1. Nouns
        • Noun forms
          • Noun plural forms
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