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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mil•lion /ˈmɪlyən/USA pronunciation n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adj. n. [countable] - a number, 1000 times 1000.
- a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or &Mmacr.
- Mathematics millions, [plural] a number between 1,000,000 and 999,999,999.
- the amount of a thousand thousand units of money:The painting fetched a million.
- a very great number or amount:Thanks a million.
adj. [after a number and before a noun] - amounting to one million in number:Two million dollars is a lot to pay.
mil•lionth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mil•lion (mil′yən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adj. n. - a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̄.
- Mathematicsmillions, a number between 1,000,000 and 999,999,999, as in referring to an amount of money:His fortune was in the millions of dollars.
- the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as pounds, dollars, or francs:The three Dutch paintings fetched a million.
- a very great number of times:Thanks a million.
- the million or the millions, the mass of the common people;
the multitude:poetry for the millions.
adj. - amounting to one million in number.
- amounting to a very great number:a million things to do.
- Latin) + -one augmentative suffix
- early Italian millione, equivalent. to mille thousand (
- Middle French
- Middle English milioun 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: million /ˈmɪljən/ n ( pl -lions, -lion)- the cardinal number that is the product of 1000 multiplied by 1000
- a numeral, 1 000 000, 106, M, etc, representing this number
- (often plural) informal an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount: I have millions of things to do
determiner - preceded by a or by a numeral: amounting to a million: a million light years away
- (as pronoun): I can see a million under the microscope
Etymology: 17th Century: via Old French from early Italian millione, from mille thousand, from Latin |