billion
/ˈbɪljən/number
उच्चारण बिल्यन
अरब (100 करोड़)
Basic word
- 1
1,000,000,000; one thousand million
अरब (100 करोड़)
- a billion people
- India's population is well over a billion.
- The company earned two billion rupees last year.
+ 1 more example
- A billion seconds is more than thirty years.
Synonyms thousand million 100 crore
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a billion / one billion + plural noun (no s on billion)
After a number or a determiner like several, billion takes no s; use billions only without a number, as in billions of rupees.
संख्या या several जैसे शब्द के बाद 'billion' में s नहीं लगता; 'billions' केवल संख्या के बिना आता है, जैसे billions of rupees।
- The company earned two billion rupees.
- Billions of stars exist in our galaxy.
a billion = a thousand million (1,000,000,000)
In British English a billion now means a thousand million, the same as in American English; it was once a million million.
ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में अब 'billion' का अर्थ हज़ार मिलियन है, अमेरिकी अंग्रेज़ी की तरह; पहले इसका अर्थ दस लाख मिलियन था।
- India's population is over one billion four hundred million.
billion + of + plural noun / the billion
Billions of is vague and large; a billion of people is not used; say a billion people instead.
'Billions of' अस्पष्ट और बहुत बड़ा आँकड़ा देता है; 'a billion of people' नहीं कहा जाता, 'a billion people' कहें।
- Over a billion people watched the final.
- Billions of litres of water flow through the river each year.
billion as a modifier / hyphenated
Before a noun, a number with billion is written without a plural: a two-billion-rupee project.
Noun से पहले billion वाली संख्या plural के बिना लिखी जाती है: a two-billion-rupee project।
- It was a ten-billion-dollar deal.
+Collocations 4
number + billion
one billiontwo billionhalf a billionseveral billiona few billion
- The budget has been raised by half a billion rupees.
billion + of + noun
billions of rupeesbillions of yearsbillions of peoplebillions of cells
- The universe is billions of years old.
verb + billion
spendearninvestcostreach
- The project will cost over a billion rupees.
billion + noun
dollarrupeeyearpeoplemark
- The company crossed the billion-dollar mark.
“More examples 5
- More than a billion people live in India.
भारत में एक अरब से अधिक लोग रहते हैं।
- The project will need nearly three billion rupees.
इस परियोजना के लिए लगभग तीन अरब रुपये चाहिए होंगे।
- Scientists believe the earth is about four and a half billion years old.
वैज्ञानिकों का मानना है कि पृथ्वी लगभग साढ़े चार अरब वर्ष पुरानी है।
- Billions of rupees are spent on the festival every year.
इस उत्सव पर हर वर्ष अरबों रुपये ख़र्च होते हैं।
- The company's turnover touched a billion last year.
कंपनी का कारोबार पिछले साल एक अरब तक पहुँच गया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The deal was worth two billions rupees.
✓ The deal was worth two billion rupees.
Billion takes no s after a number.
संख्या के बाद 'billion' में s नहीं लगता।
✗ A billion of people watched the match.
✓ A billion people watched the match.
After a number, billion goes directly before the noun, without of.
संख्या के बाद 'billion' सीधे noun से पहले आता है, 'of' के बिना।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
thousand million 100 crore
§Grammar and usage
Conversion, asked often: one billion = one thousand million = 100 crore (one arab in older Indian usage); a trillion is a thousand billion (one lakh crore).
रूपांतरण अक्सर पूछा जाता है: one billion = एक हज़ार million = 100 करोड़ (पुराने भारतीय प्रयोग में एक अरब); trillion एक हज़ार billion (एक लाख करोड़) है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person with a billion or more is a billionaire.
एक billion या अधिक का मालिक billionaire (अरबपति)।
General knowledge
India's population is over 1.4 billion (about 140 crore).
भारत की जनसंख्या 1.4 billion (लगभग 140 करोड़) से अधिक है।