million
mil‧lion /ˈmɪljən/
number, noun (plural million or millions)
The book sold more than a million copies.
two/three/four etc million
seven million dollars
£37 million of new investment
millions of pounds/dollars etc
Millions of pounds were lost in Western aid.
2. an extremely large number of people or things
a million
I’ve got a million ideas.
millions of something
She has millions of friends.
3. not/never in a million years spoken used to emphasize that something is impossible or very unlikely to happen:
She’ll never believe me. Not in a million years.
4. look/feel like a million dollars/bucks informal especially American English to look very attractive or feel very happy and healthy
5. in a million informal
a. the best of all possible people or things:
She’s a wife in a million.
He’s so generous. He’s one in a million.
b. used to show how unlikely something is:
It was a chance in a million that we’d find a fossil.
—millionth adjective:
The park has just received its millionth visitor.
—millionth noun [countable]
mil‧lion /ˈmɪljən/
number, noun (plural million or millions) Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: Old Italian milione, from mille __thousand__, from Latin; ⇨ milli-
1. the number 1,000,000:Language: French
Origin: Old Italian milione, from mille __thousand__, from Latin; ⇨ milli-
two/three/four etc million
millions of pounds/dollars etc
2. an extremely large number of people or things
a million
millions of something
3. not/never in a million years spoken used to emphasize that something is impossible or very unlikely to happen:
4. look/feel like a million dollars/bucks informal especially American English to look very attractive or feel very happy and healthy
5. in a million informal
a. the best of all possible people or things:
b. used to show how unlikely something is:
—millionth adjective:
—millionth noun [countable]