millennia

CEFRC1

/məˈlɛniə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Periods of one thousand years; plural of millennium.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    a single period of 1000 years, a millennium

Examples

  • Experiments in space-time shortcuts proved dangerous during those brave millennia.

  • Indigenous Australians have eaten kangaroos for millennia.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

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In context

  • People have wondered for millennia whether we are truly alone.

  • In ancient Egypt, at the turn of the first millennia, animal mummies were produced in vast numbers as offerings to the pantheon of gods.

  • Could its existence mean the ancient Greeks knew the Earth moved round the Sun more than a millennia before Copernicus brought it to the world in the sixteenth century?

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The ancient city has existed for blank, lasting more than two thousand years.

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