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Million - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Million : adj : (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it)
denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or
units [syn: a million]
(noun)
1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
[syn: 1000000, one thousand thousand, meg]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Million : \Mil"lion\, n. [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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Million |
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VendaSBS: FACT: The number of online shoppers is rising. In 2008, 37% of European adults regularly shopped online, approx 136 Million online shoppers |
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nikhilnarayanan: @chucksimmins "1.2 Million" ? That's billion. :-) |
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redshield3: Over half a Million $ in verbal commitments this morning... Wahoo |
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