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Pronunciation: /ˈmɪljən/

Definition of million

(a/one million)

the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a thousand; 1,000,000 or 10⁶:a million people will benefit a population of half a million a cost of more than £20 million
(millions) the numbers from a million to a billion.
(millions) several million things or people:millions of TV viewers
informal an unspecified but very large number or amount of something:I’ve got millions of beer bottles in my cellar you’re one in a million
a million pounds or dollars:the author is set to make millions

Phrases

gone a million: Australian/NZ informal (of a person) completely defeated or finished.
look (or feel) (like) a million dollars: informal look or feel extremely good.

late Middle English: from Old French, probably from Italian milione, from mille 'thousand' + the augmentative suffix -one

Definition of million in the US English dictionary

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