million
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- noun
- /ˈmɪljən/
- Informal
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millón
- Success there could mean millions of dollars in profits and proceeds.
- millions of people
- enjoyed by millions
- millions of viewers
He couldn't have cared a wit, you know, that millions were suffering.
- He couldn't have cared a wit, you know, that millions were suffering.
- And by doing so, he influenced millions of people in his case.
- We're we're dealing with millions of viewers every week.
- An enlarged prostate afflicts millions of men around the world.
- Your products are used by, you know, millions of people all over the world.
- So it's very alarming the millions of people that follow him.
Examples
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And by doing so, he influenced millions of people in his case.
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After all, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty benefits everyone.
Academic text (2011) -
I, I know that this will be seen by millions around the world.
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We're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars.
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I ask you now, how many millions of people died as a result?
Fiction book (1992) -
The German Empire lost millions during the First World War.
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They showed where he was paid millions of dollars.
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Right now she's sending entertainment and information to millions of satisfied citizens.
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In one fell swoop with emancipation, millions of former slaves were now citizens.
Academic text (2017) -
The charity aims to help millions of children receive education every year.
Synonyms
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1.4
Many people or things counted together
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2.5
A very large, not exact number used to say there are many
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3.2
A very large, not exact number used to show exaggeration
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A very large unknown number used to say something is much bigger than it is
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A very large number that people use to show a lot
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8.1
A very large number that people use to show exaggeration
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A very large, not exact number people use to mean many
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2.1
A very large amount of something, often many people or things
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1.0
A phrase that means many rather than exactly 101
A very large number with no exact amount, said as a joke
A made-up very large number that people use to mean a lot of things
A very large not exact number people use to mean a huge amount
A very large number used to mean a huge, not exact amount
A very large amount of money, said as a joke, given to a company or project to help it grow
A very large amount used to show that something is extreme
A joking phrase used to say a very large amount or level
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A measure of how fast a computer does one million math calculations each second
- Specialized
A unit for measuring how fast a computer processor runs, equal to one million instructions per second
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Million comes from the Italian millione, from mille 'thousand' and a ending that means 'large', so it originally meant a 'big thousand'. Because it names such a very large number, people often use million to mean 'a very large, indefinite number', as when someone says 'I've told you a million times'.