MILLION

million

(adjective) (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

million, one thousand thousand, meg

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

million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion, bazillion

(noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); ā€œthere were millions of fliesā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

million

(long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106; a thousand thousand.

(colloquial, hyperbole) An unspecified very large number.

Source: Wiktionary


Mil"lion, n. Etym: [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.]

1. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred

2. A very great number; an indefinitely large number. Millions of truths that a man is not concerned to know. Locke.

3. The mass of common people; -- with the article the. For the play, I remember, pleased not the million. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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