Definitions for million
ˈmɪl yənmil·lion

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. million, 1000000, one thousand thousand, meg(noun)

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

2. million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion(adj)

   a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

   "there were millions of flies"

3. million(adj)

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

Webster Dictionary(3.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Million(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.]

2. Million(noun)

   a very great number; an indefinitely large number

   Etymology: [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.]

3. Million(noun)

   the mass of common people; -- with the article the

   Etymology: [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Million

   One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione, from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one. In scientific notation, it is written as 1×10^6 or just 106. Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega, when dealing with SI units. For example, 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts. The meaning of the word "million" is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems, unlike the larger numbers, which have different names in the two systems. The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number, as in "Never in a million years" and "You're one in a million", or a hyperbole, as in "I've walked a million miles" and "You've asked the million-dollar question".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Million

   mil′yun, n. a thousand thousands (1,000,000): a very great number.—n. Mill′ionaire, a man worth a million of money or more.—adj. Mill′ionary, pertaining to, or consisting of, millions.—adj. and n. Mill′ionth, the ten hundred thousandth.—The million, the great body of the people generally. [Fr.,—Low L. millio—L. mille, 1000.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'million' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #352

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'million' in Written Corpus Frequency: #549

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'million' in Nouns Frequency: #98

How to pronounce million?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say million in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of million in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of million in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of million in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   There weren't any, other than a backlog that exists of close to a million clearances across government, this isn't new. This was happening under the Obama administration, the Clinton administration. There are literally close to a million people in the federal government who are in the pipeline to get their permanent clearance and are on temporary status.

2. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   In 30 seconds, he offended gays, he offended women, he offended 18 million people and he offended one of the largest congressional delegations in the country, you can't govern like that. You can't win a campaign like that. And he's getting worst and the discussion is only degenerating.

3. William Ruto:

   Anybody caught in any future doping scandal will be jailed for three years or fined 3 million Kenyan shilling ($29,721) because we want to get rid of crooked people misleading our athletes from our midst.

4. David Deng Athorbei:

   Our gross oil revenues are expected to amount to three million one hundred and eighty six South Sudanese pounds.

5. Muharrem Ince:

   With peace policies we will send four million Syrians to Syria with the sound of drums and pipes.

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