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- [tril-yuh n]
- /ˈtrɪl yən/
- /ˈtrɪljən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tril-yuh n]
- /ˈtrɪl yən/
Definitions of trillion word
- noun plural 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. 1
- adjective trillion amounting to one trillion in number. 1
- noun trillion number: 10^12 1
- number trillion A trillion is a million million. 0
- noun trillion the number represented as one followed by twelve zeros (1012); a million million 0
- noun trillion (formerly, in Britain) the number represented as one followed by eighteen zeros (1018); a million million million 0
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Origin of trillion
First appearance:
before 1680 One of the 48% oldest English words
1680-90; < French, equivalent to tr(i)- tri- + (m)illion million
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Parts of speech for Trillion
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trillion popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% 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 trillion
noun trillion
- bushel — A bushel is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons.
- great deal — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- heap — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- million — a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- multiplicity — a large number or variety: a multiplicity of errors.
Antonyms for trillion
noun trillion
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- ditches — Plural form of ditch.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- ones — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
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