Million (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural mil·lions, (as after a numeral) mil·lion.
  1. a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̅.
  3. 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 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.
noun plural -lions or -lion
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of 1000 multiplied by 1000
  2. a numeral, 1 000 000, 10 6, M, etc, representing this number
  3. an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
determiner
  1. (preceded by a or by a numeral)
    • amounting to a million
    • (as pronoun)
  2. done for; sunk
Million (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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