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million Definition

mil·lion (mil′yən)

noun

  1. a thousand thousands; 1,000,000
  2. a million (unspecified but understood) monetary units, as dollars, pounds, francs, etc.
  3. an indefinite but very large number: a hyperbolic use

Etymology: ME millioun < OFr million < It milione < mille, thousand < L

adjective

amounting to one million in number

million Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • invest: The Scottish Arts Council has also invested millions through the National Lottery to develop the festivals infrastructure.
  • spend: McDonald's and Coca Cola spend millions a year to get you to buy their products.
  • kill: Do we have to kill millions out of necessity?
  • save: Steel Nationalization was shelved as a result of Liberal pressure and saved the country millions of pounds.
  • pour: Whilst this was happening the main wall of the dam collapsed revealing an enormous breach through which poured millions of gallons of water.
  • earn: Very few indeed actually earned the millions they were hoping for.

Converse of subject

trust: One of the most highly used promises is trusted by millions and never given a second thought.

Preposition: around

world: It gives you an insight into the situation faced by millions around the world.

Adjective modifier

  • interconnect: Leakage in interconnect costs operators millions every month & often goes un-checked because Fraud & Revenue Assurance Teams do not understand the problem.
  • many: The book has been printed about once a month for 450 years; no one knows how many millions of copies.
  • Many: Many millions more pounds have been levered in from the public and private sector through the scheme.

Noun used with modifier

  • NHS: Most importantly, the medicines that it provides to the NHS help millions of patients every day.
  • cost: Leakage in interconnect costs operators millions every month & often goes un-checked because Fraud & Revenue Assurance Teams do not understand the problem.

Preposition: in

poverty: Doing nothing is not an option, it will leave millions in poverty and many more facing disappointment in retirement.

Preposition: of

  • pound: Weâre talking hundreds of millions of pounds a year here.
  • dollar: Just how can training by itself consume hundreds of millions of dollars?
  • Briton: We don't need cultists, we need freedom-loving patriots in tune with how millions of ordinary decent Britons think.
  • ton: Hippo's logic is simple: why wastefully feed millions of tons of soya to animals when it could feed far more people directly?
  • people: Learn why millions of people all around the world have become addicts.. .
  • gallon: Whilst this was happening the main wall of the dam collapsed revealing an enormous breach through which poured millions of gallons of water.