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# millionth

adjective and noun (millionth; a millionth, millionths)

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

## Everyday

1. Millionth means coming at number 1,000,000 in order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#m1)
2. A millionth is one part when something is divided into a million equal parts (1/1,000,000). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, millionth is an ordinal number (first, second… millionth) and also a fraction: one millionth = 0.000001. Shops and websites celebrate their millionth customer. In everyday talk, "for the millionth time" means "I've said it very many times".

### Examples

- She was the shop's millionth customer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#x1)
- A micrometre is a millionth of a metre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#x2)
- One millionth is written 0.000001. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#x3)
- For the millionth time, tidy your room! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#x4)
- A grain of dust may weigh a millionth of a gram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#x5)
- The website celebrated its millionth visitor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionth/#x6)

### Note

Spelled with -th at the end. In maths: 1 ÷ 1,000,000 = one millionth; three millionths = 3/1,000,000. Trap: "a millionth" is tiny, while "a million" is huge.

## On Mova

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