million
million Lexical Profile
million Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Amounting to one thousand times one thousand in number.
"The charity successfully raised three million dollars to build the new regional hospital."
Very many; of an indefinitely large number (used hyperbolically).
"I have a million things to finish before leaving for vacation tomorrow morning."
• noun
The cardinal number equal to one thousand times one thousand (1,000,000 or 10^6).
"The population of the metropolitan area recently surpassed a million for the first time."
A very large, indefinite number or amount of people or things (often used in the plural).
"Millions of migratory birds travel along this coastal route every autumn."
The sum of one million dollars, pounds, or other units of currency.
"The startup secured its first million in seed funding from venture capitalists."
Word Nuance & Usage
When preceded by a specific number or determiner (such as 'two' or 'several'), the word takes the unmarked plural form 'million' (e.g., 'five million people'), whereas the inflected form 'millions' is used to express an unspecific large quantity followed by 'of' (e.g., 'millions of people').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French million, which came from Early Italian millione, formed from Latin mille ('thousand') plus the augmentative suffix -one, literally meaning 'a great thousand'.