trillion
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈtrɪljən/
- Informal
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un montón
- What if we can create something where trillions of us can live inside it?
- a trillion times
There's there's there's like trillions of environments, AKA planets.
- There's there's there's like trillions of environments, AKA planets.
- This question is like the trillion dollar question.
- We're, we're just the host to these trillions of species.
Examples
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It is trillions upon trillions of dollars.
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You're taking a little bit of money from each one of us, which turns into trillions of dollars.
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This question is like the trillion dollar question.
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And this would cost trillions to repair all across the planet.
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Yes, trillions of sheets of paper.
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No wonder our country's in debt trillions of dollars.
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According to these types of experts, there are trillions of dollars in Social Security's trust funds.
Blog text (4) -
There's an abundance of cash, trillions of dollars around.
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But providing health care to every American consumes trillions of new dollars annually.
Fiction book (1998) -
The project will require trillions of dollars to complete, highlighting its immense scale.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very large number used to mean a lot without an exact count
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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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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
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9.2
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 made-up very large number that people use to mean a lot of things
A very large number with no exact amount, said as a joke
A very large number used to mean a huge, not exact amount
A very large not exact number people use to mean a huge amount
Compounds
- Specialized
A measure of computer speed equal to one trillion math calculations every second
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trillion is built from tri- 'three' and -illion like million, so it always names a huge number; that's why people say 'a trillion times' to mean 'a very large number' when they exaggerate.