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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

million

/ˈmɪljən/

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What does million mean?

numeral

  1. The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
  2. An unspecified very large number.

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/ˈmɪljən/

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Self-sufficient in coal and iron ore, it has a crude steel production capacity of about 95 million tons, second only to Japan.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1992 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #48
This, taken as a whole, was very acceptable, as the reader will perceive, especially when the sum due was half a million.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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There are a million things I want to grumble about, but it's half-past ten, and Jane says I MUST go to bed.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
The petition for the electoral reform has already received two hundred thousand signatures, and the illustrious Arago threatens us with a million.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
If these things are so, how foolish to ask what is the best education for one or seven or sixty million souls!
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408