Billion Definition

bĭlyən
billions
noun
billions
The cardinal number equal to 109 .
American Heritage
A thousand millions (1,000,000,000)
Webster's New World
The cardinal number equal to 1012 .
American Heritage

Trillion (a million millions)

Webster's New World
An indefinitely large number.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Amounting to one billion in number.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Billion

Noun

Singular:
billion
Plural:
billions

Origin of Billion

  • French a million million blend of bi- second power bi–1 million

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French billion

    From Wiktionary

Billion Sentence Examples

  • In 2006, roughly a billion people had access to the Internet.

  • I look for the day when a billion planets are populated with a billion people each.

  • She couldn't fathom the enormity of a billion souls like the one she'd touched.

  • The United Nations has estimated that earth's population will pass nine billion by 2050, and ten billion by 2100.

  • The approximate value of the world's oyster crop approaches f4,000,000 annually, representing over 30,000,000 bushels, or nearly Io billion oysters.

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Words Starting With

BBIBIL

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

Starts With B & Ends With NStarts With BI & Ends With NStarts With B & Ends With ON

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With N