miles
/maɪlz/
miles noun: a great distance in space or time. Also the plural of mile.
Noun
miles
- A great distance in space or time.
- His final shot missed the bullseye by miles.
- From the top of the hill you can see for miles.
Adverb
miles (not comparable)
- much; a lot (used to emphasise a comparative)
- Her new paintings are miles better than her older ones.
- "Your voice is certainly miles different," admitted Nickle grudgingly and staring very hard. "Look here—do you actually mean to say that you aren't Geoffrey Tilehurst?"1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
Proper noun capitalized: Miles
Miles (countable and uncountable, plural Miles or Mileses)
- A male given name from an uncertain origin.
- Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather, / Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain.1858, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish
- Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo.
- Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?2011, Ali Smith, There but for the, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 191
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A minor city in Jackson County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
- A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
- A minor city in Runnels County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
Also used as
miles is also the plural of mile.
miles meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
miles in Hindi
- मीलों
miles in Tamil
- மைல்கள்
miles in Marathi
- मैल
miles in Bengali
- মাইল, মাইলস
More languagesFewer languages
- miles in Telugu
- మైళ్ళు
- miles in Malayalam
- മൈലുകൾ
- miles in Kannada
- ಮೈಲಿಗಳು, ಮೈಲುಗಳಷ್ಟು, ಮೈಲುಗಳು
- miles in Punjabi
- ਮੀਲਾਂ, ਮੀਲ
- miles in Gujarati
- મીલો, માઇલ, માઈલ
- miles in Odia
- ମାଇଲ, ମାଇଲ୍, ମାଇଲସବୁ
- miles in Nepali
- माइलहरू, माइल
Forms of miles
| plural | Miles |
|---|---|
| plural | Mileses |
| alternative form | Myles |
Origin of miles
From Old French given name Milo, of problematic origin, possibly from an unknown Germanic element, or a short form of Slavic names beginning with mil- "grace, favor". The English form is associated by folk etymology with Latin mīles (“soldier”). As a surname, it is also derived from a Middle English Miles form of Michael.
Words formed from miles
Phrases with miles
- air miles
- bus miles
- car miles
- sea miles
- ton miles
- beer miles
- food miles
- land miles
- last miles
- miles away
- Miles Cove
- first miles
32 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Irish miles
- plane miles
- Roman miles
- route miles
- train miles
- metric miles
- middle miles
- square miles
- survey miles
- airline miles
- Chinese miles
- country miles
- Italian miles
- miracle miles
- statute miles
- Swedish miles
- traffic miles
- measured miles
- miles a minute
- Miles Platting
- nautical miles
- standing miles
- miles gloriosus
- passenger miles
- geographic miles
- miles of bad road
- geographical miles
- Scandinavian miles
- available ton miles
- international miles
- the whole nine miles
- a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Words that rhyme with miles
Questions about miles
- What does miles mean?
- Miles means a great distance in space or time.
- What is miles in Hindi?
- Miles in Hindi is मीलों. See Miles meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is miles?
- Miles can be a noun, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce miles?
- Miles is pronounced /maɪlz/.
Words near miles in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: miles (page history and authors); Miles (page history and authors); miles (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); miles (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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