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millennium

mil·len·ni·um
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mi-len-ee-uh m]
    • /mɪˈlɛn i əm/
    • /mɪˈlen.i.əm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mi-len-ee-uh m]
    • /mɪˈlɛn i əm/

Definitions of millennium word

  • noun plural millennium a period of 1000 years. 1
  • noun plural millennium the millennium, the period of a thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth. Rev. 20:1–7. 1
  • noun plural millennium a period of general righteousness and happiness, especially in the indefinite future. 1
  • noun plural millennium a thousandth anniversary. 1
  • noun millennium A period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ. 1
  • noun millennium period of 1000 years 1

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Origin of millennium

First appearance:

before 1630
One of the 42% oldest English words
1630-40; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin mill(e) a thousand + -ennium, extracted from biennium, triennium, etc.

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Parts of speech for Millennium

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

millennium popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for millennium

noun millennium

  • prosperity — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
  • utopia — an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
  • serenity — the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
  • happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
  • paradise — a town in N California.

Antonyms for millennium

noun millennium

  • hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.

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