million

noun

mil·lion | \ ˈmi(l)-yən

plural millions or million

Definition of million

1 : a number equal to 1,000 times 1,000 — see Table of Numbers

2 : a very large number millions of cars on the road

3 : the mass of common people —used with the

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million adjective

millionfold \ ˈmi(l)-yən-ˌfōld

\ adverb or adjective

millionth \ ˈmi(l)-yən(t)th

\ adjective or noun

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His charity donated millions to universities including Harvard and MIT. — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, "Stanford reveals it received $50,000 gift from Jeffrey Epstein," 14 Sep. 2019 Of note, billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison donated millions to Rubio's presidential campaign. — Allan Smith, NBC News, "King of The Hill: How Amazon and Jeff Bezos made Washington a second home," 6 Sep. 2019 When Swann ran as a Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, Hughes, a conservative who has given millions to GOP candidates and super PACs, and his family donated more than $165,000. — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, "This secret donor has given USC $400 million," 5 Sep. 2019 The war’s bloody grind has killed tens of thousands, destroyed the country’s economy and pushed millions to the brink of famine. — Washington Post, "Militiamen dig in at a front line of Yemen’s deadlocked war," 9 Aug. 2019 These fat cats spend millions on slick marketing to brainwash you into believing that these sequels will be anything other than a complete disaster. — Alex Baia Thatcher Jensen, The New Yorker, "Conspiracy Theories for the Ultra-Rational," 7 June 2019 The resolution, which has already passed the Senate, would give Mr. Trump 30 days to end U.S. military aid for the war in Yemen, a yearslong conflict that has killed thousands of civilians and pushed millions to the brink of starvation. — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, "House Passes Resolution to End U.S. Role in War in Yemen," 4 Apr. 2019 The Post determined from other tax filings that the money came from DonorsTrust, a large nonprofit organization that wealthy contributors have used to anonymously give millions to conservative nonprofits in recent years. — Shawn Boburg, The Seattle Times, "Conservative nonprofit with obscure roots, undisclosed funders paid Whitaker $1.2 million," 20 Nov. 2018 Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Fragrances are also huge business opportunities for celebrities; stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Lopez, and Britney Spears have made millions by attaching their name and image to perfumes. — Chavie Lieber, Vox, "Is AI the future of perfume? IBM is betting on it.," 24 Oct. 2018

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