mileage
noun
Simple meaning
The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
myluhjSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmaɪlədʒ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
Distance measured in miles
A travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled
informal
The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.
informal
Something worth taking into consideration.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
Used this way, mileage is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use mileage
- “The new car gets good gas mileage on long trips.”
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