Updated June 2026
The number 1,000,000 or ten hundred thousand. Also used informally to indicate a very large but indefinite number.
“The lottery jackpot exceeded fifty million pounds this week.”
/ˈmɪljən/
mil·lion
Double L and double I pattern; -ION ending
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