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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres..
These trains in the course of their day's work often travel a distance little less than that from London to Glasgow, stopping and starting every half-mile.
They were greeted with applause, medals and the skirl of bagpipes from our lone piper - a sound some told us encouraged tired legs for the last half-mile as the pipes could be heard on the mountain.
Use half-mile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Half-mile means Half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres..
Common synonyms include half a mile.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
These trains in the course of their day's work often travel a distance little less than that from London to Glasgow, stopping and starting every half-mile.
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