million
/ˈmɪl.jən/ numeral A2- The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²). · Near-synonyms: mega-, M-· SLM parameters usually range from a few million to a few billion.
- An unspecified very large number. · Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion· I told you a million times before.
Plural millions
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The proportion of blood cannot be more than one in a million.
I’ve had that said to me a million times if I have once.
The emperor, now king of the petty Island of Elba, after having held sovereign sway over one-half of the world, counting as his subjects a small population of five or six thousand souls,—after having been accustomed to hear the “Vive Napoléons” of a hundred and twenty millions of human beings, uttered in ten different languages,—was looked upon here as a ruined man, separated forever from any fresh connection with France or claim to her throne.
“Of course there are no violets there now,” Anne told Marilla, “but Diana says there are millions of them in spring.
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