billion — the number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million)
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: the number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million)
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈbɪljən/
Example Sentences
- My mom thinks I spend a billion won on snacks every month.
- There are over 8 billion people living on Earth today.
- I've told you a billion times to clean your room!
billion
NOUN[/ˈbɪljən/]
the number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million)
A businessman marvels at billion dollar stacks filling the vault
From million to billion, rides the golden stallion!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From French, combining bi- (two) and million. Originally denoting a million squared (one trillion in modern American usage), the term's meaning shifted in American English to refer to one thousand million (one billion), establishing the current definition.
Breakdown
bi- (two) + million (from Latin mille, thousand) = billion. The prefix bi- indicates the second power of million in the original French sense, later reinterpreted as a thousand times a million in American usage.
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🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My mom thinks I spend a billion won on snacks every month.”
“There are over 8 billion people living on Earth today.”
“I've told you a billion times to clean your room!”
“The government allocated billions for the infrastructure project.”
“If I had a billion won, I'd buy a billion pieces of chicken.”
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