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- [mil-yuh n]
- /ˈmɪl yən/
- /ˈmɪljən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mil-yuh n]
- /ˈmɪl yən/
Definitions of million word
- noun plural million a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand. 1
- noun plural million a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̅. 1
- noun plural million 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. 1
- noun plural million the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as pounds, dollars, or francs: The three Dutch paintings fetched a million. 1
- noun plural million a very great number of times: Thanks a million. 1
- noun plural million the million(s) the mass of the common people; the multitude: poetry for the millions. 1
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Origin of million
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English milioun < Middle French < early Italian millione, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin) + -one augmentative suffix
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Parts of speech for Million
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
million popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for million
noun million
- thousand — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- trillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
- much — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- lot — lot (def 14).
- total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
adjective million
- infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
- no end of — numerous
Antonyms for million
noun million
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- valley — an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- debt — A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
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