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MILLION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
Synonyms:
1000000; meg; million; one thousand thousand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("million" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
Example:
there were millions of flies
Synonyms:
bazillion; billion; gazillion; jillion; million; trillion; zillion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("million" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
A derived unit expressed as a number of cells in millions per unit of mass equal to one kilogram.
(Million Cells per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)
Chromosome 12 spans about 143 million base pairs and represents between 4 and 4.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.
(Chromosome 12, NCI Thesaurus)
Chromosome 11 spans about 134.5 million base pairs and represents between 4 and 4.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.
(Chromosome 11, NCI Thesaurus)
Every year, millions of people in the United States receive life-saving blood transfusions.
(Blood Transfusion and Donation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
So seldom that a letter, among the thousands that are constantly passing about the kingdom, is even carried wrong—and not one in a million, I suppose, actually lost!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
They produce and secrete millions of different antibody molecules, each of which recognizes a different (foreign) antigen.
(B Cell Receptor Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Nearly 9 million of them are children.
(Asthma in Children, NIH)
Millions of Americans have this problem.
(Bowel Incontinence, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
The tail, which is about 99 million years old, appears to be brown on the top and white underneath.
(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)
The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance report predicted this will reach 10 million deaths a year by 2050 if no action is taken now.
(Toothpaste and Hand Wash Are Causing Antibiotic Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
