[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’)