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million
[ mil-yuhn ]
noun
- 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, 1 000 000, 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
- preceded bya or by a numeral
- amounting to a million
a million light years away
- ( as pronoun )
I can see a million under the microscope
- gone a million informal.done for; sunk
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱt·lDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of million1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of million1
Idioms and Phrases
see feel like oneself (a million dollars) ; look like a million dollars ; one in a million .Example Sentences
About 27 million of its citizens died during the war, which in the Soviet Union's case began when Germany invaded in July 1941.
Not taking commissions from outside app purchases could reduce Apple’s revenue by hundreds of millions or billions, the company estimated, according to the 80-page ruling.
Still, with more than 100 million Americans having used these devices, they can provide sleep researchers with an unprecedented quantity of data to help them better understand how people sleep at home.
Facebook is by far the most popular social media platform in Nigeria and is used by tens of millions in the country for daily communication and sharing news.
The cyber criminals claim to have the private information of 20 million people wo signed up to Co-op's membership scheme, but the firm would not confirm that number.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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