word
Million
MIH-lyuhn
/ˈmɪljʌn/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
million
Dictionary meaning
(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units.
Examples
- There were millions of flies.
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