Definition

Noun - One million: The cardinal number equal to 10^6, represented by the numeral 1 followed by six zeros (1,000,000).

Usage

• This word is used to denote a specific, large quantity or amount. It functions as a noun and can refer to a count of items, a unit of currency, or a general numerical value.
• It is often used in contexts discussing population, finance, distances, or any large-scale measurement.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The city has a population of over one million.
  • The lottery prize was worth several million.
  • Light travels approximately 300 million meters per second.

Advanced Usage

• "In the/a million": Used informally to mean "very much" or "to a great degree," often in the phrase "feel like a million dollars/bucks" (to feel very good or healthy).
  • After a good night's sleep, I feel like a million bucks.
• "One in a million": An idiom describing something or someone exceptionally rare, unique, or excellent.
  • She's a truly loyal friend—one in a million.

Variants and Related Words

• Million (n): The standard word form for 1,000,000.
  • The project cost five million dollars.
• Millionth (adj, n): Constituting number one million in a sequence; the ordinal form.
  • This is the millionth car produced at this factory.
• Millionaire (n): A person whose wealth amounts to at least one million units of currency.
  • He became a millionaire after his company went public.

Synonyms

• 10^6: The mathematical expression.
• A thousand thousands: A descriptive phrase.

Related Phrases

• Thanks a million: An informal expression meaning "thank you very much."
  • You helped me fix my car? Thanks a million!
• Never in a million years: An emphatic phrase meaning "absolutely never."
  • I would never in a million years have guessed the answer.

Noun

1. the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros