million

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪljən/

cardinal number (plural millions or (with numeral or quantifying word) )

(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.

Derivatives

millionfold

adjective & adverb

millionth

ordinal number

Origin:

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