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Meaning of "jillion" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JILLION

Fanciful coinage based on million, billion, etc.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF JILLION

ˈdʒɪljən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JILLION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jillion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JILLION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Indefinite and fictitious numbers

Many languages have words expressing indefinite and fictitious numbers — inexact terms of indefinite size, used for comic effect, for exaggeration, as placeholder names, or when precision is unnecessary or undesirable. One technical term for such words is "non-numerical vague quantifier".

Definition of jillion in the English dictionary

The definition of jillion in the dictionary is an extremely large number or amount.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JILLION

alien · billion · Brazilian · carillon · Castilian · civilian · cotillon · gazillion · gillion · million · multibillion · multimillion · pavilion · pillion · postillion · quintillion · trillion · vermilion · vermillion · zillion

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JILLION

jihad · jihadi · jihadism · jihadist · jilbab · jilgie · Jilin · jill · jillaroo · jillet · jillionth · Jilolo · Jilong · jilt · jilter · Jim · jim crow · jim-crow · jim-crowism · jiminy

WORDS THAT END LIKE JILLION

Boxer Rebellion · bullion · Champollion · cotillion · gone a million · Great Rebellion · hallion · hellion · lion · medallion · mullion · parts per million · rapscallion · rebellion · rullion · scallion · scullion · skillion · stallion · the Great Rebellion · the Jacobite Rebellion

Synonyms and antonyms of jillion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jillion» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF JILLION

Find out the translation of jillion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of jillion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jillion» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

jillion
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

jillion
570 millions of speakers
en

English

jillion
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

jillion
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

jillion
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

jillion
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

jillion
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

jillion
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

jillion
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Jilid
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

jillion
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

莫大な数
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

jillion
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Jilid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

jillion
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அளவைக் குறிக்கும் ஒரு எண்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Jillion
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

jillion
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

jillion
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

jillion
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

jillion
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

milioane de spectatori
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jillion
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jillion
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jillion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jillion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jillion

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JILLION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of jillion
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jillion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JILLION»

Discover the use of jillion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jillion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Trio
He needed this just as much as Cross, Jillion, and me. Our paths in life had truly crossed, and now we could never look back. *** After deciding to relocate Jillion to the hospital, I moved at a snail's pace as I helped him put his coat on. We had ...
K. Lashae, 2011
2
The Laugh Out Loud Guide: Ace the SAT Exam without Boring ...
From the passage's second paragraph, one may deduce that (A) a (B)a (C)a (D)a (E) a jillion is less than a billion jillion is less than a gazillion jillion is greater than a gazillion jillion is less than a kajillion jillion is greater than a kajillion ...
Horn, Charles, 2013
3
Clients First: The Two Word Miracle
Jillion. Megawatts. The greatest power of this synergy is how Clients First changes the clients themselves. Without getting all mystical here, clients have a way of knowing when you are lying to them, when you don't know what you are doing, ...
Joseph Callaway, JoAnn Callaway, 2012
4
Id: The True You
One. in. a. Jillion. Gazillion. olsaessH* To really understand who you are you need to know where you come from and where you're headed. Let me put it in philosophical terms. Causality asks the question: where do we come from? Teleology ...
Mark Batterson, 2004
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The Rotarian
[Continued from page 13] truth, but some of them may be slight exaggerations, of the sort I heard on a central Texas ranch. An old boy showed me his willow- bordered blue lake. "Just full of bass," he said. "Bet there's a jillion of them. A jillion.
6
On the Crest of Time
Asinglepulse orone waveform of Iwp isequivalent in energy toabout 144 jillion joules. Full power for total output drive force in the Pratt V3 Iwp always comes fromthe ArkCore. However,this power is equally distributedandproportioned out first.
Shawn C. Shannon
7
Pseudo-Problems: How Analytic Philosophy Gets Done
The mathematically naive may debate 'Is a zillion larger than a jillion?' But neither 'zillion' nor 'jillion' denote integers. A person can meaningfully use 'trillion' even if he does not know exactly which integer it denotes. For he is deferring the ...
Roy A. Sorensen, 2002
8
Every Moment Matters: Savoring the Stuff of Life
And after a jillion years —and a jillion books and a jillion seminars—one would think that the human species would “get it.” Sure, we have made some progress —we don't boil people in vats of oil because we think they are witches, and ...
John St. Augustine, 2010
9
Dianna's Rules:
Ihated kids'pedal cars. Junkybastards came ina huge boxthat contained abouthalf a dozen other littleboxes. Each ofthesmaller boxes contained something inthe neighborhood of seven jillion parts. Inside one ofthe boxes was aplastic bag filled ...
J. Lee Butts, 2014
10
Jesus in the Mist: Stories
But when the smell of that piss hit me and I saw a jillion pieces of that mirror where the truck had been, reality set in bigtime and I knew for sure that the experience I had had wasn't imaginary, religious or otherwise. The drive back home take'n ...
Paul Ruffin, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JILLION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jillion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Warm glow at Perez Art Museum Miami goes beyond South Florida …
I estimated a jillion; museum literature says there are 54,700 plants (77 species). The gardens were also designed to withstand hurricane winds ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery is open off Port Townsend -- Port …
“It was a mixed bag of Fraser and Elwha River chinook and a jillion pinks,” Rosko said. “Fraser River salmon are short and girthy, whereas ... «Peninsula Daily, Jul 15»
3
OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery is open off Port Townsend
“It was a mixed bag of Fraser and Elwha River chinook and a jillion pinks,” Rosko said. “Fraser River salmon are short and girthy, whereas ... «Peninsula Daily, Jul 15»
4
OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery opens today off Port Townsend
“It was a mixed bag of Fraser and Elwha River chinook and a jillion pinks,” Rosko said. “Fraser River salmon are short and girthy, whereas ... «Peninsula Daily, Jul 15»
5
Celebrating calypso Royalty | The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper
... James Police Youth Club; Brother Book; Jillion Gould; Wolde Dawit; Black Beat International featuring Kurl Webster, Mark Mayo, Oba Dread, ... «Trinidad Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Jeb's anotation deterioration
Never mind that he hasn't been a candidate in about a jillion years. Bush still ought to know the territory, and to thrive he has to remember he ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
7
Allen Afield: Popham's popularity with shore fishermen is no fluke
This world may offer us a jillion jeweled spots, and I've seen many, but the pulchritude proved no better – just different – than that stretch of ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
8
Trump takes another shot at Mexico during campaign stops
“I salute Donald Trump”, said Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, one of the first to be flushed, and also one of the jillion candidates for the Republican ... «Rapid News Network, Jul 15»
9
NYT's Hypocritical Egan Rants on Trump, Cruz, GOP Pursuing …
“I salute Donald Trump,” said Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, one of the first to be flushed, and also one of the jillion candidates for the Republican ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
10
Nation's new Know-Nothings
Ted Cruz of Texas, one of the first to be flushed, and also one of the jillion candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. Cruz wants ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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