/ˈbɪl.jən/
#1810 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
The number 1,000,000,000, that is, one thousand million.
Word origin
From French billion, built from bi- meaning two and the end of the word million.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- billion
- English cognates
- million
Examples
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A billion is a thousand times a million.
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After a number, billion has no -s.
Billions .
"Billions of" just means a huge number of.
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