millions

ˈmɪljənz

Definition

Definition of millions - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun, plural

numbersnumber equal to 1,000,000

The population of the city is in the millions.

mega

multitude

mathematicsvery large number

There are millions of stars in the sky.

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Expressions with millions

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teeming millions

large number of people crowded together

The city is home to the teeming millions.

the world's teeming millions

the vast number of people in the world

The world's teeming millions face numerous challenges daily.

Origin of millions

Latin, mille (thousand) + -ion (augmentative)

Terms with millions included in their meaning

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million years ago

adv.

past time

refers to a period millions of years before now

multimillionaire

wealth

person with net worth of multiple millions

living fossil

biology

organism that has remained unchanged for millions of years

multimillion

adj.

finance

involving several millions in money

craton

geology continent

large, stable part of a continent's crust, unchanged for millions of years

MFLOP

abbr.

abr: Million Floating Point Operations Per Second

measures computer speed in millions of math operations per second

mya

acr.

acr: million years ago

refers to a time millions of years before now

Spanish

adj.

speech

describing the Romance language used by millions worldwide

Examples of millions in a sentence

There are millions of stars in the galaxy.
The charity received millions in donations.
Millions of people watched the live broadcast.

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French:millions, ...
German:Millionen, ...
Italian:milioni, ...
Spanish:millones, ...
Portuguese:milhões, ...
Chinese:百万, 无数, ...
Japanese:数百万, 何百万, ...
Arabic:مَلايين, ...
Hebrew:מִילְיוֹנִים, הַמוֹן, ...
Russian:миллионы, ...
Ukrainian:мільйони, ...
Hindi:मिलियन, लाखों, ...
Bengali:মিলিয়ন, অগণিত, ...
Catalan:milions, milers, ...
Czech:miliony, miliardy, ...
Danish:millioner, utallige, ...
Dutch:miljoenen, ...
Greek:εκατομμύρια, αμέτρητα, ...
Hungarian:millió, milliók, ...
Khmer:រាប់លាន, ចំនួនរាប់លាន, ...
Korean:백만, 수백만, ...
Persian:میلیون‌ها, تعداد بسیار زیاد, ...
Polish:miliony, ...
Portuguese (BR):milhões, ...
Romanian:milioane, număr foarte mare, ...
Swedish:miljoner, ...
Thai:ล้าน, ล้านๆ, ...
Turkish:milyonlar, milyonlarca, ...
Vietnamese:triệu, vô số, ...

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