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Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the moon, somewhat disappointing. It says more about what we have not done than about what we have done.
Eugene Cernan

Meaning of "millennium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MILLENNIUM

From New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + annus year; for form, compare quadrennium.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MILLENNIUM

millennium  [mɪˈlɛnɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MILLENNIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Millennium 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 MILLENNIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Millennium

A millennium is a period of time equal to 1000 years. It derives from the Latin mille, thousand, and annus, year. It is often, but not necessarily, related to a particular dating system. Sometimes, it is used specifically for periods of thousand years that begin at the starting point of the calendar in consideration, or in later years that are whole number multiples of a thousand years after it. The term can also refer to an interval of time beginning on any date. Frequently in the latter case it may have religious or theological implications. Sometimes in use, such an interval called a "millennium" might be interpreted less precisely, i.e., not always being exactly 1000 years long. It could be, for example, 1050, 1500, etc.

Definition of millennium in the English dictionary

The first definition of millennium in the dictionary is a period or cycle of one thousand years. Other definition of millennium is a time of peace and happiness, esp in the distant future. Millennium is also a thousandth anniversary.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MILLENNIUM


aluminium
ˌæljʊˈmɪnɪəm
ammonium
əˈməʊnɪəm
biennium
baɪˈɛnɪəm
condominium
ˌkɒndəˈmɪnɪəm
decennium
dɪˈsɛnɪəm
geranium
dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm
germanium
dʒɜːˈmeɪnɪəm
ingenium
ɪŋˈɡɛnɪəm
omnium
ˈɒmnɪəm
pandemonium
ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm
quadrennium
kwɒˈdrɛnɪəm
quadriennium
ˌkwɒdrɪˈɛnɪəm
quinquennium
kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm
roentgenium
rɒntˈɡɛnɪəm
selenium
sɪˈliːnɪəm
septennium
sɛpˈtɛnɪəm
titanium
taɪˈteɪnɪəm
triennium
traɪˈɛnɪəm
uranium
jʊˈreɪnɪəm
zirconium
zɜːˈkəʊnɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MILLENNIUM

millenarian
millenarianism
millenaries
millenarism
millenary
millennia
millennial
millennialism
millennialist
millennially
millennianism
millenniarism
Millennium Bridge
millennium bug
Millennium Dome
milleped
millepede
millepore
miller
miller´s disease

WORDS THAT END LIKE MILLENNIUM

actinium
asplenium
bimillennium
conium
cranium
delphinium
einsteinium
euphonium
gadolinium
harmonium
helenium
Iconium
neptunium
pandaemonium
phosphonium
plutonium
rose geranium
ruthenium
stramonium
the millennium

Synonyms and antonyms of millennium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «millennium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MILLENNIUM

Find out the translation of millennium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of millennium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «millennium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一千年
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

milenio
570 millions of speakers

English

millennium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सहस्राब्दी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عِيِدٌ أَلْفِيٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тысячелетие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

milênio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সহস্র বত্সর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

millénaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Milenium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Millennium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

千年間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

천년
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Millennium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiên niên kỷ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புத்தாயிரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिलेनियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

milenyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

millennio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tysiąclecie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міленіум
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mileniu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χιλιετία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

millennium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

årtusende
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

årtusen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of millennium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MILLENNIUM»

The term «millennium» is very widely used and occupies the 10.836 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MILLENNIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «millennium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «millennium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about millennium

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10 QUOTES WITH «MILLENNIUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word millennium.
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Dhirubhai Ambani
The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India's transformation in the new millennium.
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Ian Anderson
Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
3
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
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Rand Beers
The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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Sidney Blumenthal
We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to kill him. We rolled up terrorist cells. We stopped the millennium bombings.
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium.
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James Henry Breasted
There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations which arose on both sides of the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia in the fourth millennium B.C.
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Carrie Brownstein
There was a clarity to the Nineties. It was pre-9/11, before that anxiety kicked in that exists right now about the financial crisis or terrorism. We were all just going to move forward into the millennium and everything was always going to get better. Then, whoops, that didn't happen.
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Eugene Cernan
Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the moon, somewhat disappointing. It says more about what we have not done than about what we have done.
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Niall Ferguson
The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILLENNIUM»

Discover the use of millennium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to millennium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Approaching the Millennium: Essays on Angels in America
Contributors to this volume are Arnold Aronson, Art Borreca, Gregory W. Bredbeck, Michael Cadden, Nicholas de Jongh, Allen J. Frantzen, Stanton B. Garner, Deborah R. Geis, Martin Harries, Steven F. Kruger, James Miller, Framji Minwalla, ...
Deborah R. Geis, Steven F. Kruger, 1997
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Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his ...
Bart D. Ehrman, 1999
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Millennium Development Goals: Achievements and Prospects of ...
This book reviews the progress, prospects and challenges of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. Each chapter corresponds with one of the eight goals of the Millennium Declaration.
F. O. C. Nwonwu, 2008
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Modest−Witness@Second−Millennium.FemaleMan−Meets−OncoMouse: ...
Haraway explores the world of contemporary technoscience through the role of stories, figures, dreams, theories, advertising, scientific advances and politics.
Donna Jeanne Haraway, 1997
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India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond
One of India's foremost writers assesses the country's achievements and failures over the last fifty years since its independence from British rule and notes India's importance in the challenges facing America in the twenty-first century.
Shashi Tharoor, 2006
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Six Memos for the Next Millennium
This collection is a brilliant précis of the work of a great writer whose legacy will endure through the millennium he addressed.
Italo Calvino, 2013
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The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views
Robert G. Clouse brings together four scholars to debate various views on the millennium: George Eldon Ladd, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner and Anthony A. Hoekema.
George Eldon Ladd, Robert G. Clouse, 1977
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Kids and Media at the New Millennium
The new communication technologies play a major role in the lives of children & adolescents, who have available an almost continual diet of highly vivid, on demand, audiovisual images.
Donald F. Roberts, 1999
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Canadian Studies in the New Millennium, Second Edition
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Canadian Studies in the New Millennium includes new chapters on Demography and Immigration Policy, the Environment, and Civil Society and Social Policy, all written by leading scholars and ...
Mark J. Kasoff, Patrick James, 2013
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Gender and the Millennium Development Goals
This collection focuses on the Millennium Development Goals from a gender perspective.
Caroline Sweetman, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILLENNIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term millennium is used in the context of the following news items.
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A New Millennium for Vegetable Lovers
In a fortuitous turn of events, the former Box and Bells space in Rockridge became available right around the same time that Millennium in San ... «East Bay Express, Jul 15»
2
Video: Inside Silvertown's Millennium Mills
Millennium Mills has been described as the Battersea Power Station of the Royal Docks. This huge industrial building and its surroundings are ... «Londonist, Jul 15»
3
Review time! with Millennium Comics Should be Good
I mean, come on – this comic is about a relics merchant who moonlights as a proto-P.I. at the end of the first millennium. It's like it was written ... «Comic Book Resources, Jul 15»
4
Millennium Healthcare, Inc. Announces Exclusive Letter of Intent to …
Millennium Healthcare, Inc. (OTCQB: MHCC), a developer and distributor of healthcare services and medical devices, today announced it has ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
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Highlights of Wilfred Meckels MARQUE MILLENNIUM CAPITAL …
Wilfred Meckel's Marque Millennium Capital Management Lcc just filed its Q2 2015 13F. Dated 21/07/2015, the 13f report shows the hedge ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
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Orchard Energy assists Millennium Stadium
Elland-based energy management specialist Orchard Energy has been appointed by the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to tackle its energy ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 15»
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TECHKON ColorCatcher & Google Glass: Color Capturing for the …
Using Google Glass with TECHKON ColorCatcher is color capturing for the new millennium: 1. Launch ColorCatcher for Glass just by saying ... «What They Think, Jul 15»
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The Millennium School Celebrates 'Greenathon-2015′
So with following theme of clean and green environment, the Millennium School, Nagpur, celebrated Greenathon -2015 on 20th July 2015. «Nagpur Today, Jul 15»
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Kevin Bridges donates takings from infamous Derry concert to local …
“When David McLaughlin from the Millennium Forum contacted me last night [Monday] to inform me of the news, I couldn't believe it. It was such ... «Derry Journal, Jul 15»
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Extension in Millennium Plaza
DTZ advised their client during the re-negotiation of their lease of over 1,660 sq m of office space in the Millennium Plaza building, located at Al. Jerozolimskie ... «Property Magazine International, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Millennium [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/millennium>. May 2024 ».
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