HOW TO PRONOUNCE
million
/ˈmɪljən/
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What does million mean?
numeral
- The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
- An unspecified very large number.
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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.
This, taken as a whole, was very acceptable, as the reader will perceive, especially when the sum due was half a million.
More book examples (3)
There are a million things I want to grumble about, but it's half-past ten, and Jane says I MUST go to bed.
The petition for the electoral reform has already received two hundred thousand signatures, and the illustrious Arago threatens us with a million.
If these things are so, how foolish to ask what is the best education for one or seven or sixty million souls!