(also statute mile) a unit of distance equal to 1760yd (about 1.61km)
= nautical mile
an old Roman unit equal to 1000 paces (about 1.48km)
(often in pl) a large distance or amount
We travelled miles that day
be miles away
to be inattentive
miles from nowhere
in an extremely remote place
[Old English mīl, ultimately from Latin milia miles, from milia passuum thousands of paces]