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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 Word Forms
- ܱt·lDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of million1
Word 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
“Google invests hundreds of millions of dollars into Chromium,” she said, estimating that 1,000 engineers within her division have contributed to the project.
According to the UN, nearly 13 million people have been forced from their homes since the fighting began in 2023, while an estimated 150,000 people have been killed.
Even as traditional appointment TV viewing fades, “60 Minutes” remains the most watched news program, approaching 10 million viewers in some weeks, according to Nielsen data.
"In truth, the government never incurred those costs and could never reach that ceiling amount. The real, documentable savings from early termination were approximately $153 million", they estimated.
The launch episode earlier this month was watched by about 2.7 million people.
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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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