tredecillion
- numeral
- /ˌtrɛdɪˈsɪljən/
- Informal
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tredecillón
- The number of stars in the universe seems like a tredecillion to me.
Examples
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I can't even imagine what a tredecillion dollars would look like.
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She exaggerated, saying there were a tredecillion reasons to love chocolate.
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He claimed to have a tredecillion ideas for his next big project.
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There are a tredecillion stars in the universe!
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He claimed to have a tredecillion ideas for his next big project.
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She exaggerated, saying there were a tredecillion reasons to love chocolate.
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I can't even imagine what a tredecillion dollars would look like.
Synonyms
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1.4
Many people or things counted together
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7.0
A very large unknown number used to say something is much bigger than it is
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5.6
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
Very large in number with no exact amount and said as a joke
A made-up very large number that people use to mean a lot of things
Antonyms
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
tredecillion = tredec + illion
The components 'tredec' and 'illion' do not correspond to recognizable English words or morphemes for most learners, making the meaning opaque.
Etymology
Tredecillion comes from the Latin tredecim 'thirteen' plus the familiar ending -illion seen in 'million' and 'billion'. So it is the 'thirteenth' -illion and people use it to name a very large, almost unthinkable number.