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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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sea mile

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/see mile/

A nautical mile

In a Sentence

“The ship traveled ten sea miles before reaching the harbor.”

Origin

Derived from the term used by mariners to measure distance over water.

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Synonyms

nautical mile

Antonyms

kilometer

Related Words

milenautical milemeasured mileminuteland mileknotair milemarine league

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