[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
Million ˈmɪljən Number Bre Population Half Tens Dollars
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BrE / ˈmɪljən / NAmE / ˈmɪljən / |
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- a population of half a million
- tens of millions of dollars
- it must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.).
- four million (people) were affected.
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million(number)BrE / ˈmɪljən / NAmE / ˈmɪljən / - 1 000 000
- a population of half a million
- tens of millions of dollars
- It must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.).
- Four million (people) were affected.
- Two million (pounds) was withdrawn from the account.
- 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.
- to look/feel extremely good
- Wow, you look like a million dollars.
- a person or thing that is very unusual or special
Word Origin- late Middle English: from Old French, probably from Italian milione, from mille ‘thousand’ + the augmentative suffix -one.
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