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  2. Indefinite and fictitious numbers - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese, 八千, 8000, is used: 八千草 (lit. 8,000 herbs) means a variety of herbs and 八千代 (lit. 8,000 generations) means eternity. In Latin, sescenti was used to mean a very large number, perhaps from the size of a Roman cohort. [30] The modern word million derives from an Italian augmentative of the Latin word for thousand, mille ...

  3. Non-numerical words for quantities - Wikipedia

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    The English language has a number of words that denote specific or approximate quantities that are themselves not numbers. [1] Along with numerals, and special-purpose words like some, any, much, more, every, and all, they are quantifiers. Quantifiers are a kind of determiner and occur in many constructions with other determiners, like articles ...

  4. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Wednesday, February 19

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    The words in this category precede a common four-letter noun (hint: this noun typically refers to the hindmost part of an animal). Related: 300 Trivia Questions and Answers to Jumpstart Your Fun ...

  5. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    The highest numerical value banknote ever printed was a note for 1 sextillion pengő (10 21 or 1 milliard bilpengő as printed) printed in Hungary in 1946. In 2009, Zimbabwe printed a 100 trillion (10 14 ) Zimbabwean dollar note, which at the time of printing was worth about US$30. [ 13 ]

  6. Hapax legomenon - Wikipedia

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    The word quizzaciously was cited by Vsauce host Michael Stevens in 2015 as an example of a hapax legomenon, with Google only returning one search result for the word at the time despite being included in the Oxford English Dictionary. [46] The term briefly became an internet meme and now returns thousands of Google search results.

  7. Wikipedia:Two times does not mean two times more - Wikipedia

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    Twice (two times) as many as one. doubled. 100% Three 300% Two times more than one, twice more than one, or 200% more than one, because = +. Three times as many as one. tripled. 200% Four 400% Three times more than one, or 300% more than one, because = +. Four times as many as one. quadrupled. 300% Five 500%

  8. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    To levy is to impose (1) a tax, fine or other assessment, or (2) a military draft; as a noun, a levy is an assessment or army thus gathered. The two words share a common root, but they are not considered interchangeable in Standard English. Because they are homophones, misuse is usually only apparent when observed in writing.

  9. List of calques - Wikipedia

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    The calques manifest themselves as idioms and expressions and many have gone on to become clichés. However standalone words are very few. The following is a list of commonly used calque phrases/expressions.All of these are exact translations of the corresponding English phrases. Simha bhagam (സിംഹ ഭാഗം) lion's share