The meaning of the word " million " is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems, unlike the larger numbers, which have different names in the two systems. Learn how many zeros are in different large numbers, from a million to a googolplex. See examples, definitions, and tables of numbers with various numbers of zeros. Learn the meaning of million as a number, a large number, and a unit of measurement. Find out how to use million in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary. International Number System 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 1,000,000,000 One Ten Hundred Thousand Ten Thousand Hundred Thousand One Million Ten Million Hundred Million One Billion Million has 6 zeroes. Billion has 9 zeroes.