millennium
pronunciation
How to pronounce millennium in British English:
UK [mɪˈleniəm]
How to pronounce millennium in American English:
US [mɪˈleniəm]
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- Noun:
- a span of 1000 years
- (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thou
- the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
Word Origin
- millennium
- millennium: see mile
- millennium (n.)
- 1630s, from Modern Latin millennium, from Latin mille "thousand" (see million) + annus "year" (see annual); formed on analogy of biennium, triennium, etc. For vowel change, see biennial. First in English in sense of "1,000-year period of Christ's anticipated rule on Earth" (Rev. xx:1-5). Sense of "any 1,000-year period" first recorded 1711. Meaning "the year 2000" attested from 1970.
Example
- 1. Without such a commitment , we will not achieve the un millennium development goals .
- 2. Matthew hatton 's design was chosen to represent the olympic mascots for the forthcoming millennium .
- 3. Are we going to make the right decisions for the next century or the next millennium ?
- 4. And at the turn of the millennium , the society began to increase awareness of environmental literacy and conservation .
- 5. Expo says that larsson had wanted the proceeds of the millennium trilogy to go to anti-fascist and domestic violence charities .