The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number, as in "Not in a million years" and "You're one in a million", or a hyperbole, as in "I've walked a …

The meaning of MILLION is a number equal to 1,000 times 1,000. How to use million in a sentence.

Dec 11, 2025 · From Old French, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) +‎ -one). Compare -illion.

MILLION meaning: 1 : the number 1,000,000; 2 : a very large amount or number often plural

(Definition of million from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

4. a. amounting to a million: a million light years away. b. (as pronoun): I can see a million under the microscope.

A million or one million is the number 1,000,000. Up to five million people a year visit the county. Profits for 1999 topped £100 million.