Kilometre is an English word with synonyms like kilometer or klick. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Kilometre meaning
An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km
Using Kilometre
- The main meaning on this page is: An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km
- Useful related words include: kilometer, km, klick, metric linear unit.
- In the example corpus, kilometre often appears in combinations such as: square kilometre, the kilometre, kilometre of.
Context around Kilometre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kilometre
- In this selection, "kilometre" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, square, 203, abs, northeast, walk and grid stand out and add context to how "kilometre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 047 kilometre 650 mile and 120 square kilometre mcdougall creek. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kilometre" sits close to words such as ambient, arraigned and barracks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kilometre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Britain's Simon Carr won Sunday's 64.7-kilometre stage. (11 words)
As of October 1, 2022, all new BMW vehicles are covered by a five-year, unlimited kilometre warranty. (18 words)
Crowds at Thursday afternoon's vigil stretched back around half a kilometre from the Council House in Nottingham. (18 words)
Chief of Popkum Fire Rescue, Roos has been fighting fires for more than 15 years and is one of the more than 500 called in to tackle the devastating 120-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fire in West Kelowna. (38 words)
A 2810 square kilometre area extending from Norah Head to Port Stephens has been identified as being potentially suitable for hundreds of wind turbines that will play a major role in the Hunter's clean energy transition. (37 words)
Another mass grave, a kilometre from Fort Albert, is also believed to lie on common land close to the sea and, according to James and Roberts, is visible on a separate wartime surveillance photograph. (34 words)
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Example sentences (20)
Using ABS kilometre grid population data, Towradgi had the fewest number of tap-on and tap-offs relative to how many people live in the same square kilometre of the station.
The 35-year-old then held her lead throughout the 20-kilometre hand-cycle snaking through historic Parisian streets, including the famed, cobbled Champs-Elysees, and a five-kilometre wheelchair-run to finish.
Most runners collapse in the latter part of the race, with the majority of cardiac arrests occurring between the 37-kilometre mark and the end of the 42-kilometre distance.
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On the 14.8-kilometre missing link, he said the contractor for the 9.6-kilometre Jalan Nanga Ngemah /Nanga Temalat section has been appointed and that works will begin “soon”.
A 2810 square kilometre area extending from Norah Head to Port Stephens has been identified as being potentially suitable for hundreds of wind turbines that will play a major role in the Hunter's clean energy transition.
All the buildings were abandoned and the entire camp was moved a kilometre away from the site of the affliction.
Another mass grave, a kilometre from Fort Albert, is also believed to lie on common land close to the sea and, according to James and Roberts, is visible on a separate wartime surveillance photograph.
Applause rings out as Daimler Truck’s hydrogen-powered, zero-emission lorry crosses the finish line in Berlin after completing a record-breaking 1,047-kilometre (650 mile) journey on a single tank.
Archibald then put on the power to open up a two-second advantage before pulling off with a kilometre still to go, the result all but beyond doubt.
As of October 1, 2022, all new BMW vehicles are covered by a five-year, unlimited kilometre warranty.
At the other end of the spectrum, only 302 people live on each square kilometre of land in Biggin Hill East & Cudham in Bromley.
Britain's Simon Carr won Sunday's 64.7-kilometre stage.
Broxbourne residents have the ability to access to multiple parks, public gardens, or playing fields within a one kilometre radius.
Built on the natural terrain of land and ice, the 2,375-kilometre long winter road system crosses muskeg, streams, rivers and lakes.
Cameron Finch won first in the eight kilometre race with a time of 30:09 minutes with Jackie Stanton being the first woman to cross the finish line with 34:08 minutes.
Chief of Popkum Fire Rescue, Roos has been fighting fires for more than 15 years and is one of the more than 500 called in to tackle the devastating 120-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fire in West Kelowna.
Crowds at Thursday afternoon's vigil stretched back around half a kilometre from the Council House in Nottingham.
District of Kent Mayor Sylvia Pranger smiles after completing a 26-kilometre walk from Agassiz to Chilliwack to raise awareness for the need for a year-round aquatic centre in Agassiz.
Every single step you take is breathtaking," she said during a 15-kilometre walk in the park that traversed some of the ancient beach ridges that used to form the coast of Hudson Bay.
Common combinations with kilometre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: