MILLENNIUM


Meaning of MILLENNIUM in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

new

Along with the new millennium , comes another decade of collectable toys.

Our president, who has been elected to lead us into the new millennium , needs spiritual guidance like all of us.

As the new millennium begins, a world supposedly safe from war has to some degree become a world safe for war.

As the new millennium dawned and women came steadily closer to the top, executives at the summit began to grow uneasy.

How will the new millennium children reconcile conflicting demands on scarce resources against the background of global warming?

So much has been trumpeted about these being the first Games of the new millennium .

A plan to plant 20 trees in Witham to mark the new millennium has been postponed.

As the world approached the cusp of a new millennium , the fire was still spreading.

■ NOUN

bug

What is the origin of the millennium bug ?

■ VERB

come

It describes the lushness and abundance of the coming millennium .

In the coming millennium , Dahl predicted, new telecommunications technology will exert a powerful influence for change on the democratic process.

Yet another argument for a return to unions in the coming millennium .

enter

Culture, as we enter the new millennium , becomes the ultimate commodity.

Whatever, bamboo is versatile and appealing and is a great material to rediscover as we enter the new millennium .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

What did you do to celebrate the millennium ?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As the end of the second millennium approaches, mankind is in a different mood.

As the new millennium dawned and women came steadily closer to the top, executives at the summit began to grow uneasy.

As the new millennium opened, money talked.

As we move towards the end of the millennium the Association is increasingly widening its horizons.

It has a number on it, but not the number of the second millennium .

Let there be a new treaty that deals with the realities of a new millennium .

The circle seems unbroken, and now, in this new millennium , Showcase promises to be even more successful.

The medieval, Renaissance and modern collections cover more than a millennium , from the Dark Ages to the interwar period.

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