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# millionaire

noun (a millionaire, millionaires)

«millionaire» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A millionaire is a person who has money and property worth at least a million pounds, dollars or other units of money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in stories, news and games ("Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"). In maths, a million is 1,000,000 (a thousand thousands), which helps pupils feel how big the number is. Phrases: «become a millionaire», «a self-made millionaire», «lottery millionaire».

### Examples

- The lottery winner became a millionaire overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x1)
- He is a self-made millionaire who started with a market stall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x2)
- If you saved £1 a day, it would take more than two and a half thousand years to save a million pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x3)
- The millionaire gave money to the children's hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x4)
- Being a millionaire doesn't always make you happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x5)
- A million has six zeros. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x6)
- In a few years, he had become a millionaire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun. Spelling: two l's and -aire at the end. Related: billionaire (a thousand million). In maths, «a million» = 1,000,000 = 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «millionaire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«millionaire» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/millionaire.html) on Mova free.