millionaire

«millionaire» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who has money and property worth at least a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a millionaire, millionaires)

meaning for a pupil

A millionaire is a person who has money and property worth at least a million pounds, dollars or other units of money. tree →

sense 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 →
• He is a self-made millionaire who started with a market stall. tree →
• If you saved £1 a day, it would take more than two and a half thousand years to save a million pounds. tree →
• The millionaire gave money to the children's hospital. tree →
• Being a millionaire doesn't always make you happy. tree →
• A million has six zeros. tree →
• In a few years, he had become a millionaire. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Leo got three gift cards for his birthday and felt like a millionaire.
• Chloe said her dad was a millionaire; when Mia came round to a normal flat with a cosy sofa, Chloe went red.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «millionaire» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.