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million
[mil-yuhn]
noun
plural
millions ,plural
million .a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̅.
millions, a number between 1,000,000 and 999,999,999, as in referring to an amount of money.
His fortune was in the millions of dollars.
the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as dollars, pounds, or euros.
The three Dutch paintings fetched a million.
a very great number of times.
Thanks a million.
the million(s), the mass of the common people; the multitude.
poetry for the millions.
adjective
amounting to one million in number.
amounting to a very great number.
a million things to do.
million
/ ˈɪə /
noun
the cardinal number that is the product of 1000 multiplied by 1000 See also number
a numeral, 1000000, 10 6 , M, etc, representing this number
informal(often plural) an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
I have millions of things to do
determiner
amounting to a million
a million light years away
( as pronoun )
I can see a million under the microscope
informaldone for; sunk
Other 51Թ Forms
- multimillion noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of million1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of million1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The GHF says its efforts have been a success, touting its delivery of almost 26 million “meals” in the 22 days since it started operations.
Despite critical acclaim — winning an Academy Award for animated feature — “Soul” grossed just $121.9 million in worldwide theatrical revenue.
The number they came up with was 9.5 million square miles of new trees — more land area than North America and part of South America.
Roughly 1 million of an estimated 8.3 million workers without legal status in the United States have restaurant industry jobs, according to the Center For Migration Studies.
An estimated 5 million people participated at more than 2,100 locations across the country, making the protests among the largest in American history.
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