zillionth
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈzɪljənθ/
- Informal
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zillionésimo
- I realized we had about a one-zillionth-percent chance of getting even a nibble on our proposal.
- zillionth time
Examples
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The book ends with a supercomputer calculating up to the zillionth (or so) digit of Pi, when a string of ones and zeroes, when mapped out, forms a perfect circle.
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She asked him for help with her homework for the zillionth time, and he finally agreed.
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Did he know on those days that I had tried again to call for the zillionth-plus time?
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I'll be the zillionth poster to say you should borrow less than what the bank offers.
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4 responses to allow me to be the zillionth person to show you the Lego Antikythera Mechanism.
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I've told him to clean his room for the zillionth time, but he still hasn't done it.
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After the zillionth attempt to fix the computer, he decided it was time to buy a new one.
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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3.2
A very large, not exact number used to show exaggeration
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6.8
A very large number of things or people
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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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7.0
Of a very large or final number in a series
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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 used to show that something is extreme
A joking phrase used to say a very large amount or level
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Morphology
Etymology
Zillionth comes from the informal number zillion, which was created by copying words like million and billion to mean 'a very large number'. Adding the -th ending makes it a position or a thing in a list, so zillionth is used to mean 'an extremely large, unnamed number' or a very high place in a list.