trillion
/ˈtɹɪljən/noun, adjective2 syllables
Trillion means: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).
Synonyms for trillion10
noun, as in a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
noun, as in the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
noun, as in the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros in the UK
adjective, as in one quintillion in Great Britain
adjective, as in one million million in the United States
What does trillion mean?5
noun
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)“there were millions of flies”
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros“in England they call a trillion a billion”
the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros in the UK“in England they call a quintillion a ‘trillion’”
adjective
one quintillion in Great Britain
one million million in the United States
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with trillion?5
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Trillion in a sentence
- He claims to know how to count to a trillion.Miktsoanit
- Galaxies contain from tens of millions to trillions of stars.Hybrid
- Brazilians realized they paid trillions of reals in taxes to their government.rul
- One trillion is a very large number.gatdet
- How does it happen that you were not eaten up with all those hundreds and trillions of cats?unknown
- What can be called this Power that created life, time and so many trillions of stars?carlosalberto
- The Andromeda Galaxy is about twenty trillion kilometers from Earth.DJ_Saidez
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Forms of trillion
as a noun
- plural
- trillions