million, 1000000, one thousand thousand, meg(noun)
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion(adj)
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
"there were millions of flies"
(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
the number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred
a very great number; an indefinitely large number
the mass of common people; -- with the article the
Origin: [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.]
One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione, from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one. In scientific notation, it is written as 1×10^6 or just 106. Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega, when dealing with SI units. For example, 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts. The meaning of the word "million" is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems, unlike the larger numbers, which have different names in the two systems. The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number, as in "Never in a million years" and "You're one in a million", or a hyperbole, as in "I've walked a million miles" and "You've asked the million-dollar question".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
mil′yun, n. a thousand thousands (1,000,000): a very great number.—n. Mill′ionaire, a man worth a million of money or more.—adj. Mill′ionary, pertaining to, or consisting of, millions.—adj. and n. Mill′ionth, the ten hundred thousandth.—The million, the great body of the people generally. [Fr.,—Low L. millio—L. mille, 1000.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'million' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #352
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'million' in Written Corpus Frequency: #549
Rank popularity for the word 'million' in Nouns Frequency: #98
The numerical value of million in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
The numerical value of million in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
Money doesn't make you happy. I now have 50 million but I was just as happy when I had 48 million.
We are sticking to (guidance of) 57 million to 60 million, but closer to 60 million than 57 million.
Where are the $300 million, $400 million and $500 million deals? And that’s where we live. We know all of the transactions.
The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.
Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score Then to that twenty, add a hundred more A thousand to that hundred so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.
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Translations for million
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- ١٠٠٠٠٠٠, مليونArabic
- মিলিয়ন, নুযুতBengali
- milióCatalan, Valencian
- muillean, milleanScottish Gaelic
- દશ લાખGujarati
- दस लाख, १००००००Hindi
- miljón, milljónIcelandic
- 백만, 百萬Korean
- tʼááłáhádí míiltsoh, miiltsohNavajo, Navaho
- midaaswaak daso-midaawaakOjibwe, Ojibwa
- ਦਸ ਲਾਖPanjabi, Punjabi
- नियुत, दशलक्षंSanskrit
- milìōn, милѝо̄н, milìjūn, милѝјӯнSerbo-Croatian
- මිලියනයSinhala, Sinhalese
- పది లక్షలుTelugu
- ๑๐๐๐๐๐๐, ล้านThai
- دس لاکھUrdu
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