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MILER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A runner in a one-mile race
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("miler" is a kind of...):
runner (a trained athlete who competes in foot races)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "miler"):
four-minute man (someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes)
Derivation:
mile (a footrace extending one mile)
mile (a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters)
mile (a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km)
mile (an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used only in combinations) the length of something in miles
Example:
the race was a 30-miler
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("miler" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Derivation:
mile (a footrace extending one mile)
mile (a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters)
mile (a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km)
mile (an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards)
mile (a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude)
mile (a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile)
mile (a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters))
