Million - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɪljən|  American pronunciation of the word million
Brit.  |ˈmɪljən|  British pronunciation of the word million

noun

- the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
- a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) (syn: billion, trillion)
there were millions of flies

adjective

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

Extra examples

The sun is a million times larger than the Earth.

The programme was viewed on television in millions of homes.

The book sold more than a million copies.

£37 million of new investment

Millions of pounds were lost in Western aid.

I've got a million ideas.

She has millions of friends.

He stands to earn 10 percent of the company's $1 million take on the deal.

The company had yearly sales figures of half a million units.

Today, more than a million people live there.

The company made over one million dollars in sales this quarter.

By the end of the war, there were over two million dead.

The country has a total population of about 100 million.

It was revealed that they stole over $1 million.

The novel has sold more than a million copies.

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