Dictionary Entry
billion
billion is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.
- 2noun
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
- 3noun
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
- 4noun
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
"there were millions of flies"
- 5adjective
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
- 6adjective
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
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