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mil·lion    Audio Help   [mil-yuhn] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adjective
–noun
1.a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
2.a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̅.
3.millions, a number between 1,000,000 and 999,999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: His fortune was in the millions of dollars.
4.the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as pounds, dollars, or francs: The three Dutch paintings fetched a million.
5.a very great number of times: Thanks a million.
6.the million or the millions, the mass of the common people; the multitude: poetry for the millions.
–adjective
7.amounting to one million in number.
8.amounting to a very great number: a million things to do.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME milioun < MF < early It millione, equiv. to mille thousand (< L) + -one aug. suffix]
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  heap
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  An indeterminately great amount or number.
Synonyms:  jillion, multiplicity, ream, trillion
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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