millennium Definition
mil·len·nium (mi len′ē əm)
noun pl. -·ni·ums or -·nia-ə
- any period of 1,000 years 2000 through 1001 is the 2d millennium
- a period of 1,000 years reckoned from a certain time, esp. from the beginning of the Christian Era (1) the year A.D. 2001 marks the beginning of the third millennium
- a 1,000th anniversary or its commemoration
- any period of great happiness, peace, prosperity, etc.; imagined golden age
Etymology: ModL < L mille, thousand + annus, year (after L biennium): see annual
millennium Related Forms
millennium Idioms
the millennium
Christian Theol. the period of 1,000 years during which Christ will reign on earth: Rev. 20:1-5
millennium Synonyms
millennium
n.
millennium Usage Examples
Preposition: of
Christianity: We are now at the start of the third millenium of Christianity.
Converse of object
- celebrate: The school has celebrated the coming Millenium in several ways.
- commemorate: It consists of a tall cross commemorating the Millenium.
- span: They span five millennia, and are written on virtually every medium ever employed.
- enter: We enter the new millenium strongly positioned for continued success.
- mark: Last year we made a CD to mark the Millenium.
- greet: Of course we want success at Langney, but not if it means greeting the millenium with a 2nd Division fixture.
Adjective modifier
- third: Not the case now we're in the third Millenium.
- 3rd: In the Trust we are building a new hospital fit for the 3rd millenium.
- 2nd: Tin bronze work commenced from about the beginning of the 2nd millenium B.C. to the mid 1st millenium B.C. in Xinjiang, China.
- 1st: Nick Merriman handles the 1st millenium BC with equal aplomb.
- fourth: We know that deposits of silver were worked in Iran from the fourth millenium BC.
- 4th: Among the earliest structures revealed during the survey were trackways from the 4th millenium BC, visible only very rarely at extreme low water.
Modifies a noun
- bug: Millenium Bug: planning for disaster on January 1 There is considerable coverage being given to the Year 2000 problem.
- celebration: Chris Smith has given shape to the wider Millenium celebrations.
- dome: I'll build a mini millenium dome in my garden!
- stadium: Millenium Stadium will be even more tense than this, if we win, it will even eclipse this as an experience.
- eve: The first came on millenium eve whilst standing on London Bridge waiting for the fireworks to go off.
- ad: It is the earliest example in Cornwall During the first millenium AD, what is now Cornwall evolved from a Roman division of territory.
Noun used with modifier
landmark: The launch of the new name for Bristol's landmark Millenium project.
Browse dictionary entries near millennium
- ‹ millenary
- ‹ millenarian
- ‹ millefleurs
- ‹ millefiori
- ‹ milled
- ‹ mille-feuille
- ‹ milldam
- ‹ millcake
- ‹ Millay
- ‹ Millais
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- millepede ›
- millepore ›
- miller ›
- miller's-thumb ›
- millerite ›
- millesimal ›
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