- 1(abbreviation m.) 1,000,000 a population of half a million tens of millions of dollars It must be worth a million (= dollars). You say a, one, two, several, etc. million without a final “s” on “million.”Millions (of…) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with million or millions, except when an amount of money is mentionedFour million (people) were affected.Two million (dollars) was withdrawn from the account.
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- 2a million, or millions (of…) (informal) a very large amount I still have a million things to do. There were millions of people there. He made his millions (= all his money) on currency deals. There are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred. Idioms
to look/feel extremely good Wow, you look like a million dollars.
a person or thing that is very unusual or special He's one in a million.
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