Meaning of MILLION
| Pronunciation: | | 'milyun
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- [n] the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
- [adj] (in Roman numerals; M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
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| | Synonyms: | | 1000000, a million, cardinal, meg, one thousand thousand |
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| | See Also: | | large integer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mil"lion\, n. [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a
thousand. See {Mile}.]
1. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand
thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under
{Hundred}.
2. A very great number; an indefinitely large number.
Millions of truths that a man is not concerned to
know. --Locke.
3. The mass of common people; -- with the article the.
For the play, I remember, pleased not the million.
--Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | a billion, a crore, a lakh, a million, a myriad, a nonillion, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, billion, considerable, crore, ever so many, full many, gobs, heap, heaped-up, jillion, loads, many, multifarious, multifold, multiple, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, no few, not a few, numerous, quite some, slew, ten million, thousand, very many, wads, zillion |
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