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million

[ mil-yuhn ]

noun

plural millions, (as after a numeral) million.
  1. a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or MÌ….
  3. millions, 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.

  4. the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as dollars, pounds, or euros:

    The three Dutch paintings fetched a million.

  5. a very great number of times:

    Thanks a million.

  6. the million(s), the mass of the common people; the multitude:

    poetry for the millions.



adjective

  1. amounting to one million in number.
  2. amounting to a very great number:

    a million things to do.

million

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noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the product of 1000 multiplied by 1000 See also number
  2. a numeral, 1 000 000, 10 6, M, etc, representing this number
  3. informal.
    often plural an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount

    I have millions of things to do

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

  1. preceded bya or by a numeral
    1. amounting to a million

      a million light years away

    2. ( as pronoun )

      I can see a million under the microscope

  2. gone a million informal.
    done for; sunk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of million1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English milioun, from Middle French, from Old Italian millione ( Italian milione ), equivalent to mille “thousand†(from Latin ³¾Ä«±ô±ô±ð ) + -one, augmentative suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of million1

C17: via Old French from early Italian millione, from mille thousand, from Latin
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Bonta’s suit said the California State University and the University of California lost eight grants that were valued at about $56 million.

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Adams Kellum also has drawn criticism for signing a $2.1 million contract between her agency and Upward Bound House, a nonprofit group that employs her husband.

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She and her neighbours are among millions of Spaniards who are suffering the consequences of a housing crisis caused by spiralling rental costs.

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The proceeds fund affordable housing and homelessness prevention initiatives; roughly two years in, the transfer tax has raised more than $632 million.

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There are still an estimated four to six million landmines and other exploded munitions buried in Cambodia, according to the Landmine Monitor.

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