Adjective: million mil-yun [N. Amer], mi-lee-un [Brit]- (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
Noun: million mil-yun [N. Amer], mi-lee-un [Brit]- The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
- 1000000, one thousand thousand, meg - [informal] A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
"there were millions of flies"; - billion [informal], trillion [informal], zillion [informal], jillion [N. Amer, informal], gazillion [informal], bazillion [N. Amer, informal], bajillion [informal], squillion [informal]
Derived forms: millions See also: cardinal Type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, large integer Encyclopedia: Million, Kentucky |