million

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
noun a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
adjective (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

From Old French, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) + -one). Compare -illion.

There are millions of women here. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
In 1815 they were eight millions. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
The total loss was nearly three millions. — Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel, Thomas William Lawson

1000000, one thousand thousand, meg

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