billion
gb/bˈɪljən/ us/bˈɪljən/
A2
Angielski
~ 2600
milliárd, ezer, rengeteg, ezerszer
RZECZOWNIK
A2
1
milliárd
A2
Schemat użycia:
[number] billion [things]
The company is worth over two billion dollars.
A cég több mint kétmilliárd dollárt ér.
There are more than seven billion people on Earth.
Több mint hétmilliárd ember él a Földön.
The project will cost about half a billion euros.
She inherited a billion pounds from her uncle.
By 2050, the population could reach ten billion.
Przykłady dla uczących się
China has more than one billion people.
Kínának több mint egymilliárd lakosa van.
The movie made two billion dollars.
A film kétmilliárd dolláros bevételt hozott.
He wants to give one billion to help poor people.
The company lost three billion last year.
Częsty błąd:
Learners sometimes confuse 'billion' with 'million', especially in pronunciation or when translating from languages that use different naming systems for large numbers.
Znaczenie
One thousand million (1,000,000,000)
Kolokacje
billion dollars
|billion people
|cost a billion
|worth billions
|lose billions
Synonimy
one thousand million (Alternative way of saying the same number; more common in some countries like the UK.)
Antonimy
million (A much smaller number, 1,000 times less than a billion.)
Tematy
mathematics
|business
|science
|core_vocabulary
Definicja
The number 1,000,000,000.
The number represented by 1 followed by nine zeros (1,000,000,000).
RZECZOWNIK
B1
INFORMAL
2
Schemat użycia:
a billion [things]
I've told you a billion times to clean your room.
Már ezerszer elmondtam neked, hogy takarítsd ki a szobádat.
There are billions of stars in our galaxy.
A galaxisunkban rengeteg csillag van.
She has a billion ideas for new projects.
We have a billion things to do before the trip.
Przykłady dla uczących się
I have told you a billion times.
Már ezerszer elmondtam neked.
There are billions of fish in the sea.
Rengeteg hal él a tengerben.
He has a billion games at home.
Częsty błąd:
Some learners may take the number literally instead of understanding it as exaggeration in informal speech.
Znaczenie
Very large but unspecified number
Kolokacje
a billion times
|billions of stars
|billions of reasons
Synonimy
zillions (More playful and exaggerated; always informal.)
Antonimy
few (Describes a small number, opposite of a large quantity.)
Tematy
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Definicja
A very large number, not exact.
An informal way to describe an extremely large quantity, not meant to be taken literally.
Gramatyka
Forma słownikowa
billion
IPA
GB/bˈɪljən/
US/bˈɪljən/
Sylaby i akcent
bil - lion (2 sylaby)
Stress on 1st syllable (bil)
Formy wyrazu
Noun
- Base: billion
- Plural: billion, billions
Rodzina wyrazów
Forms
billions
noun
Core family
billionaire
noun
billionth
adjective
Wyrażenia
a billion times
1/ə bˈɪljən tˈaɪmz/
fixed phrase
informal
Exaggeratedly many repetitions
Said when something happens or is repeated many, many times.
Przykłady
- I’ve explained this a billion times already.
- She’s watched that movie a billion times.
billions of
1/bˈɪljənz əv/
fixed phrase
A very large quantity of something
A very large number or amount of something.
Przykłady
- Billions of stars can be seen in the night sky.
- The app has been downloaded billions of times.
cost a billion
1/kˈɔst ə bˈɪljən/
fixed phrase
Be priced at one billion currency units
To have a price of 1,000,000,000 in money.
Przykłady
- The stadium cost a billion dollars to build.
- That tech deal could cost a billion euros.