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mill-
(MIL)thousand
Latin for thousand. A millennium is a thousand years; a millimeter is one one-thousandth of a meter.
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Number & quantitySpellings:millmilli
Example words
millimeter
one one-thousandth of a meter
millennium
a thousand years
million
a thousand thousands
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 5, 6
- L.5.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
- L.6.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
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