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miles
We have found lemma(root) word of miles : mile.
Definitions
[mʌɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres)
- a very long way or a very great amount
(e.g: vistas which stretch for miles)
Phrases:
- a mile a minute
- be miles away
- go the extra mile
- miles from anywhere
- run a mile
- see something a mile off
- stand out a mile
- the mile-high club
Origin
:
Old English mīl, based on Latin mil(l)ia, plural of mille ‘thousand’ (the original Roman unit of distance was mille passus ‘a thousand paces’)
[mʌɪl], (Adverb)
Definitions:
- by a great amount or a long way
(e.g: the second tape is miles better)
Phrases:
- a mile a minute
- be miles away
- go the extra mile
- miles from anywhere
- run a mile
- see something a mile off
- stand out a mile
- the mile-high club
Origin
:
Old English mīl, based on Latin mil(l)ia, plural of mille ‘thousand’ (the original Roman unit of distance was mille passus ‘a thousand paces’)
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