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million

/mˈɪljʌn/noun, adjective2 syllables

Million means: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).

Synonyms for million10

noun, as in a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion, bazillion

noun, as in the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

1000000, one thousand thousand, meg

adjective, as in (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

cardinal

What does million mean?3

noun

1

a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)“there were millions of flies”

2

the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

adjective

1

(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with million?5

two syllables

billiontrillion
Show 40 near rhymes
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Million in a sentence

  • He set as his goal, the deposit of three million yen.unknown
  • Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.CK
  • If you were given ten million dollars, how would you spend it?CK
  • If you had a million yen, what would you do with it?Chrikaru
  • Last year, we lent you one million euros to buy machines.Anne_Paen
  • If you had a million dollars, what would you do?CK
  • When the family won the million dollar sweepstakes, they were in the fat city.unknown
  • Zero, ten, one hundred, one thousand, one million, one billion.unknown

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Forms of million

as a noun

plural
millions