MILLION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does million mean? 

• MILLION (noun)
  The noun MILLION has 2 senses:

1. the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

2. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

  Familiarity information: MILLION used as a noun is rare.

• MILLION (adjective)
  The adjective MILLION has 1 sense:

1. (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

  Familiarity information: MILLION used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILLION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

1000000; meg; million; one thousand thousand

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

bazillion; billion; gazillion; jillion; million; trillion; zillion

Context example:

there were millions of flies

Hypernyms ("million" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

• MILLION (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

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

Mars will enter Capricorn on February 16 to remain until March 30, and immediately your world will be lit in a million shades of technicolor.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A prefix indicating a quantity of one million, 10E6.

(Mega, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers say Zealandia may have broken off from the supercontinent Gondwana between 60 and 85 million years ago, according to the Guardian newspaper.

(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)

Chromosome 14 spans about 105 million base pairs and represents between 3 and 3.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 14, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 13 spans about 113 million base pairs and represents between 3.5 and 4% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 13, NCI Thesaurus)

I computed the number of our people, by reckoning how many millions there might be of each religious sect, or political party among us.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Ten millions of you slaves are not properly sheltered nor properly fed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A derived unit of measurement of viable bacterial organisms in a unit mass of substance of interest defined as the number of million colony forming units (10E6CFU) in one gram of substance.

(Million Colony Forming Units per Gram, NCI Thesaurus)

A derived unit of measurement of viable bacterial organisms in a unit volume of substance of interest defined as the number of million colony forming units (10E6CFU) in one milliliter of substance.

(Million Colony Forming Units per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of cell concentration expressed as a number of cells in millions per unit volume equal to one microliter.

(Million Cells per Microliter, NCI Thesaurus)