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M0303100 (mĭl′yən)n. pl. million or mil·lions 1. The cardinal number equal to 10⁶.2. A million monetary units, such as dollars: made a million in the stock market.3. often millions An indefinitely large number: millions of bicycles on the road.4. often millions The common people; the masses: entertainment for the millions.

[Middle English milioun, from Middle French million, from Old Italian millione, augmentative of mille, thousand, from Latin mīlle; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots.]

mil′lion adj.

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(ˈmɪljən) n, pl -lions or -lion1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of 1000 multiplied by 1000. See also number¹2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 1 000 000, 10⁶, M, etc, representing this number3. (often plural) informal an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount: I have millions of things to do. determiner4. a. amounting to a million: a million light years away. b. (as pronoun): I can see a million under the microscope. 5. gone a million informal Austral done for; sunk[C17: via Old French from early Italian millione, from mille thousand, from Latin]

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(ˈmɪl yən)

n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, n. 1. a cardinal number, 1000 times 1000. 2. a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̅. 3. millions, a number between 1,000,000 and 999,999,999. 4. the amount of a million units of money: The painting fetched a million. 5. a very great number: Thanks a million. 6. the million(s), the mass of the common people: poetry for the millions. adj. 7. amounting to one million in number. [1350–1400; < Middle French < Italian millione=mille thousand (< Latin) + -one augmentative suffix]

million

A million or one million is the number 1,000,000.

Profits for 2010 were over $100 million.

Be Careful!
Don't add '-s' to the word million when you put another number in front of it. Don't say, for example, 'five millions dollars'. Say 'five million dollars'.

Over five million people visit the country every year.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	million - the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros1000000, meg, one thousand thousandlarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
	2.	million - a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies"gazillion, jillion, trillion, zillion, billionlarge indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Adj.	1.	million - (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or unitscardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

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combining form mega-

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nounAn indeterminately great amount or number.Often used in plural:jillion, multiplicity, ream, trillion.Informal: bushel, gob (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion.

Translations

百万百万元百万的

million

(ˈmiljən) – plurals ˈmillion (1 ~2), ˈmillions (2, ~3) – noun. 1. (preceded by a, a number, or a word signifying a quantity) the number 1,000,000. a million; one million; five million. 百万（数目） 2. the figure 1,000,000. 百万（数字） 3. a million pounds or dollars. Her fortune amounts to several million(s). 百万元（钱） adjective (preceded by a, a number, or a word signifying a quantity) 1,000,000 in number. six million people.百万的ˈmillion- having a million (of something). a million-pound banknote. 百万…（前缀） ˌmillioˈnaire (-ˈneə) – feminine millioˈnairess – noun a person having a million pounds, dollars etc or more. 百万富豪ˈmillionth noun1. one of a million equal parts. 一百万分之一2. the last of a million (people, things etc) or (the person, thing etc) in an equivalent position. the millionth (car).第一百万个

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(something) in a million
a chance in a million
a hundred and one (something)
a hundred/thousand/million and one things/things to do, etc.
a million and one (something)
a million miles away
a one in a million chance
a one-in-a-million chance
a thousand and one (something)
be one in a million
feel a million dollars
feel like a million
feel like a million bucks
feel like a million dollars
feel like oneself
gone a million
in a million
it's a million to one that
like a million
like a million bucks
like a million dollars
look a million dollars
look like a million bucks
look like a million dollars
look/feel like a million dollars/bucks
million miles away
never in a million years
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here
not in a million years
not/never in a hundred, etc. years
one chance in a million
one in a million
one in a thousand
one, etc. in a million
thanks a million
the million-dollar question
you look like a million

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noun an indeterminately great amount or number

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noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

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noun a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

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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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