million
Americannoun
plural
millions,plural
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a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
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a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̅.
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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.
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the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as dollars, pounds, or euros.
The three Dutch paintings fetched a million.
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a very great number of times.
Thanks a million.
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the million(s), the mass of the common people; the multitude.
poetry for the millions.
adjective
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amounting to one million in number.
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amounting to a very great number.
a million things to do.
noun
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the cardinal number that is the product of 1000 multiplied by 1000 See also number
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a numeral, 1 000 000, 10 6 , M, etc, representing this number
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informal (often plural) an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
I have millions of things to do
determiner
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amounting to a million
a million light years away
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( as pronoun )
I can see a million under the microscope
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informal done for; sunk
Other Word Forms
- multimillion noun
Etymology
Origin of million
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English milioun, from Middle French, from Old Italian millione ( Italian milione ), equivalent to mille “thousand” (from Latin mīlle ) + -one, augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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In a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, scientists analyzed data from nearly 1 million post-9/11 U.S. veterans.
From Science Daily
Around 890 million adults and 160 children worldwide are living with obesity, representing roughly one in eight people.
From Science Daily
Their numbers have fallen below one million in the UK which is down by 30% in more than 10 years, Devon Wildlife Trust said.
From BBC
Dean Commodore publishes videos which help teach his nearly half a million followers on TikTok and Instagram how to perform tasks such as bleeding a radiator and hanging a mirror.
From BBC
Around 600 people work full-time at Epic on the game engine, which boasts a monthly user count of more than one million.
From Barron's
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