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

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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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. Alan Patricof:

   You do the math of how many fundraisers you have to have to get to $25 million, you just have to have a lot of people contributing.

2. Rini Soemarno:

   We will increase national reserves, develop storage and upgrade our refinery capacity from 800,000 bpd (barrels per day) to 1.5 million bpd.

3. Tony Evers:

   All issues are on the table, i'm not making any promises one way or the other, but we're looking at all issues, all options at the table. I need to stand up for the people of Wisconsin. There's 2.6 million people that voted in this last election, and they expect me to do that. So I'm going to, we're going to pursue this.

4. Toby Neugebauer:

   I sincerely put the money in, and I am sincerely actively looking for ways to invest the money, i always thought that was a long road, and my deal with Ted to White House was a $10 million donation.

5. Joe Courtney:

   Air Force is making the right decision [ to ] cancel the previously announced sole-source contract and hit restart on this process, even with the understanding that the Air Force One mission brings with it unique requirements and challenges, a $ 24 million sole-source contract just didn't pass the smell test.

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