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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x1)
- He is a self-made millionaire who started with a market stall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x2)
- If you saved £1 a day, it would take more than two and a half thousand years to save a million pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x3)
- The millionaire gave money to the children's hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x4)
- Being a millionaire doesn't always make you happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x5)
- A million has six zeros. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x6)
- In a few years, he had become a millionaire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/0/)
- [Chloe said her dad was a millionaire; when Mia came round to a normal flat with a cosy sofa, Chloe went red.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/434-the-friend-with-a-ps6/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «millionaire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/millionaire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.