From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Numbersmillionmil‧lion /ˈmɪljən/ ●●●S3W1 number (plural million or millions)1HMNthe number 1,000,000
The book sold more than a million copies.two/three/four etc million
seven million dollars
£37 million of new investmentmillions of pounds/dollars etc
Millions of pounds were lost in Western aid.2LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTan extremely large number of people or thingsa million
I’ve got a million ideas.millions of something
She has millions of friends.3 →not/never in a million years4 →look/feel like a million dollars/bucks5 →in a million —millionth adjective
The park has just received its millionth visitor. —millionth noun [countable]Examples from the Corpusmillion• The $ 150 millionbond has not yet been priced, said spokeswoman Mercedes Poblete.• The derivativestrading business lost $ 32 million in the quarter, compared with $ 28 million in profits a year earlier.• It sought a $ 400 millionjudgment.• Jim sits in front of four computer screens, controlling de-inking equipment that cost $ 42 million to install.• Simons also is trying to find corporatedonors to buy a $ 2. 5 millionvideoscoreboard.• Latinos, with 2 millionvoters in California, are the fastest-growing minority in the country.• By April 1981 the lake had a hundred millionweevils, but in August came disaster.two/three/four etc million• Lourdes is one of the most popularpilgrimagesites for Catholics in the world, drawing over four million a year.• Only four million homes were owner-occupied 40 years ago compared with 15 million today.• Stop the suffering ... two millionpounds to help victims of domesticviolence.• To descend into Olduvai Gorge - back two million years in time - is humbling.• For three million years, it had circledSaturn, waiting for a moment of destiny that might never come.• We must assume that creatures whose machines still function after three million years may build a society equally long-lasting.• Mind or intelligence had not been involved; those eons were empty of all that touched the emotions. Three million years!From Longman Business Dictionarymillionmil‧lion /ˈmɪljən/ number (plural million or millions)written abbreviation m1,000,000Originmillion(1300-1400)FrenchOld Italianmilione, from mille“thousand”, from Latin; → MILLI-
