millennium
part of speech
noun (a millennium, millennia or millenniums)
meaning for a pupil
1) A millennium is a period of a thousand years. tree →
2) «The millennium» often means the moment when a new thousand years starts in the calendar, celebrated with big parties and fireworks. tree →
3) (Bible, church) The Millennium is a thousand-year reign of Christ described in the Book of Revelation, which Christians understand in different ways. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and history lessons, pupils learn time words: a decade is 10 years, a century is 100 years, and a millennium is 1,000 years; timelines may show several millennia. In science, «over millennia» means over many thousands of years, as rivers carve valleys. Phrases: «a new millennium», «for millennia», «the turn of the millennium».
examples
- A millennium is a thousand years. tree →
- Ten centuries make a millennium. tree →
- The pyramids have stood for several millennia. tree →
- People celebrated the new millennium with fireworks. tree →
- Rivers shape valleys over millennia. tree →
- How many decades are in a millennium? One hundred. tree →
note
Spelling trap: double l and double n: millennium. Plural: millennia (more common) or millenniums. In maths: 1 millennium = 10 centuries = 100 decades = 1,000 years. «Millennial» as a noun means a person born around the end of the last millennium.
In the corpora
- That's why a picky grandad says the new millennium really began in 2001, not at the huge parties of 2000.
- No person lives a millennium, though some bristlecone pine trees in the USA are over 4,000 years old.
- The third millennium began on 1 January 2001, but most people celebrated in 2000.
- No human lives a millennium, but some bristlecone pine trees in the USA are over 4,000 years old.
- The oldest people live about 120 years, so a millennium is about 8 of the longest lifetimes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «millennium» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.