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millennium
millennium /mɪˈlen.i.əm/ noun [C] (PLURAL millennia or millenniums)
► C2 a period of 1,000 years, or the time when a period of 1,000 years ends: » The corpse had lain preserved in the soil for almost two millennia.» How did you celebrate the Millennium?→ COMPARE CENTURY(Cf. ↑century)Thesaurus+: ↑Decades, centuries and the millenniummillennial /-əl/ adjective
Thesaurus+: ↑Decades, centuries and the millennium• • • Extra Examples:» The book is a history of the last two millennia.» Imagine what the world will be like at the end of the next millennium. |