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MIL-y-uh-n/ˈmɪljən/

A million is 1,000,000: a million people, two million pounds, millions of stars. After a number, million has no -s: three million, not “three millions.” Millions of + plural means a huge number, not exact. Half a million and more than a million are common. Billion is a thousand million in modern British English.

Meaning

The number 1,000,000.

Examples

• “The city has more than a million people.”
• “The concert was watched by five million viewers.”
• “They spent millions of pounds on the new road.”

Good to know

two million (no -s). millions of + plural. a million / half a million.

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