million

million
mil|lion [ `mıljən ] number **
1. ) the number 1,000,000
2. ) millions or a million a large number of people or things:
I've got a million things to do before I leave.
Millions are threatened by disease and hunger.
million of: They received millions of letters asking for information.
a ) a very large number or amount of something:
She's made millions on the stock market.
feel/look like a million dollars/bucks INFORMAL
to feel/look very good:
an elegant suit that makes her look like a million dollars
not/never in a million years SPOKEN
never: used for emphasizing how impossible it seems that something could ever happen:
Never in a million years did I believe we could win the lottery.
╾ mil|lionth [ `mıljənθ ] number

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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