million

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: 1000000one thousand thousandmegbilliontrillionzillionjilliongazillion

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zerosSynonyms: 1000000one thousand thousandmeg
  2. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)“there were millions of flies”Synonyms: billiontrillionzillionjilliongazillion

Adjective (1)

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

Million \Mil"lion\ (m[i^]l"y[u^]n), n. [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.]

1.The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000,000. See the Note under Hundred. [1913 Webster]

2.A very great number; an indefinitely large number. [1913 Webster]

Millions of truths that a man is not concerned to know.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

3.The mass of common people; -- with the article the. [1913 Webster]

For the play, I remember, pleased not the million.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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