how to pronounce mile

/maɪl/

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mile is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of mile in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… anybody within half a mile of this event …”

meaning of mile

A mile is a unit of length equal to 5,280 feet.

mile frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word mile occurs in english on average 43.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics mile can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that mile can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;