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One million (1,000,000) or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione (milione in modern Italian), from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.
In scientific notation, it is written as 1×106 or just 106.Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega, when dealing with SI units. For example, 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts.
The meaning of the word "million" is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems, unlike the larger numbers, which have different names in the two systems.
The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number, as in "Never in a million years" and "You're one in a million", or a hyperbole, as in "I've walked a million miles" and "You've asked the million-dollar question".
Even though it is often stressed that counting to precisely a million would be an exceedingly tedious task due to the time and concentration required, there are many ways to bring the number "down to size" in approximate quantities, ignoring irregularities or packing effects.
With one foot still in the past
With the other far ahead
(Million timelines
Million lifetimes)
In-between the times go fast
Chase your life while living it
(Keep track of your life
Live dreams, make them real)
A million words, I drown
In what I really try to say
In what I try to be today
(A million paths to a million choices)
It's an overwhelming prospect
Take a step back, time to reflect
(Keep track of your time, use it well; live your dreams)
A million words and fantasies
A million dreams and fallacies
I now know life goes fast
Hold on and be
This is you so dare to become yourself
With memories like scars
Or beautiful memories
Fighting inner wars
(A million senses a million notions)
The past can hurt and teach
With today within our reach