mile /mīl/

1. (also called statute mile) a unit of linear measure, 1760yd or 5280ft (1.61km)
2. A race of this distance
3. Orig, a Roman unit of length, 1000 (double) paces (mīlle passūs or passuum; about 1611 English yards)
4. (often in pl) a great distance or length (informal)

mīlˈage or mileˈage noun

1. The total number of miles covered by a motor vehicle, etc
2. (also milage or mileage allowance) travelling allowance at so much a mile
3. Miles travelled per gallon of fuel
4. Use, benefit (informal; figurative)

mīˈler noun

A runner of a mile race

miles adverb

1. At a great distance
2. Very much (informal)

mileˈ-castle noun

Any of a series of small forts placed at mile intervals along a Roman wall

mile-high club noun (slang)

The set of people who have had sexual intercourse aboard an aeroplane in flight

mileomˈeter or mīlomˈeter noun

An instrument that records the number of miles that a vehicle, etc has travelled

mileˈpost or mileˈstone noun

1. A post or stone marker showing distance in miles
2. A stage or reckoning-point
3. An important event, stage, etc (figurative)

a mile a minute

Uttering one's words with great speed

geographical mile

One minute of longitude measured along the equator, a distance of 6087.025ft (1.855km)

go the extra mile

To do more than what is expected or required (from Bible, Matthew 5.41)

Irish mile (obsolete)

2240 yards

nautical mile

1. One minute of latitude measured along a meridian, a distance of 6082.66ft
2. Formerly in British practice, 6080ft (1.8532km) (also called Admiralty measured mile)
3. In official international use, 6076.1033ft (1.852km) (also called international nautical mile)

run a mile

To be too scared or intimidated to do something

Scots mile (obsolete)

About 1976 yards

statute /statˈūt or stachˈūt/

1. A law expressly enacted by the legislature (as distinguished from a customary or common law)
2. A written law
3. The act of a corporation or its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law
4. A bond or other proceeding based on a statute
5. A hiring-fair (obsolete)

statˈutable adjective

Prescribed, permitted, recognized by, or according to statute

statˈutably adverb

statˈutorily adverb

statˈutory adjective

1. Of or relating to statute
2. Prescribed, enacted or recognized by statute
3. Depending on statute for its authority
4. So common or frequent as to seem the rule (as though prescribed by statute) (informal)

staˈtute-barred adjective

Disallowed by the statute of limitations

statute book noun

A record of statutes or enacted laws

statute cap noun (Shakespeare)

A kind of cap enjoined by statute (1571) to be worn on Sundays by all below a certain rank

statute labour noun (old)

Compulsory labour on roads, etc

statute law noun

Law in the form of statutes (also statutory law)

statute mile see under mile

statute of limitations noun

A statute prescribing the period of time within which proceedings must be taken to enforce a right or bring a legal action

Statute of Westminster noun

An act (1931) of the United Kingdom parliament conferring independent sovereign status on the self-governing dominions

statutory declaration noun

A declaration made on oath to a statutory authority, eg to change one's name

statutory rape noun (US)

The criminal offence of having sexual intercourse with a child who is below the age of consent

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