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mega | million |

As an adjective mega

is very large.

As a numeral million is

the cardinal number 1,000,000: 106.

mega

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (informal) Very large.
  • * 2004 , Nigel Coates, Collidoscope: new interior design (page 26)
    • Follow those in the know to the fifth floor of Sega's Joy Polis, a mega indoor amusement park that's part of the Odaiba Decks Tokyo Bay entertainment complex near Tange's Fuji Television building.
  • great; excellent
  • * 1998 , John Barwick, Targeting Text (page 25)
    • We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg.

    Related terms

    * mega-

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    million

    English

    Numeral

    (head)
  • The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106.

    • See also

    * (short scale) Previous': thousand. ' Next : billion * (long scale) Previous': thousand. ' Next : milliard * (Ordinal) millionth * ISO prefix: mega-

    Derived terms

    * like a million bucks * megamillion * millionary * millionfold * millionth * millionaire * never in a million years * one in a million * one million * thanks a million

    Related terms

    * billion * trillion