The meaning of Miles
Miles – definition
nounA unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres).
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The earth is approximately 93 million miles / 150 million kilometers from the sun.nounA very long way or a very great amount.
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Vistas which stretch for miles
adverbBy a great amount or a long way.
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The second tape is miles better
idiomUsed to say something is much greater or better than something else
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Restaurant food is better by miles/miles better than it used to be 20 years ago.
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Word 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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