Millions ˈmɪljən Dollars Years Number Population Half Tens

• a population of half a million
• tens of millions of dollars
• it must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.).
• millions of years old

million

1. 1 000 000
• a population of half a million
• tens of millions of dollars
• It must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.).
• millions of years old

Extra Examples

• These fossils were millions of years in the making.
• Millions of people now visit the Lake District each year.
• A few million doesn't buy you what it used to.
• The foundation has donated millions of dollars to charitable causes.
2. a very large amount
• I still have a million things to do.
• There were millions of people there.
• He made his millions (= all his money) on currency deals.

Extra Examples

• Was this the way to feed the world 's starving millions?
• The event must have cost millions.
• Big hotels are spending millions to hire celebrity chefs.
3. to look/feel extremely good
• Wow, you look like a million dollars.
4. a person or thing that is very unusual or special
• He's a man in a million.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, probably from Italian milione, from mille ‘thousand’ + the augmentative suffix -one.