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☆ zil·lion (zil′yən)

noun

Informal a very large, indefinite number

Etymology: arbitrary coinage, after million

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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zillion Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • dollar: So: first we spend zillions of dollars sequencing the genome for blue mussels.

Converse of object

  • make: Had Conran taken this route with his decor and his food he would have made zillions.

Modifies a noun

  • time: In the willingness to have the heart be broken a million, trillion, zillion times, true love is revealed.
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