Millennium
noun
A period of 1000 years.
We are now in the third millennium.
Often appears as...
- third millennium
- new millennium
noun
The 1000 years period in the Christian religion, where Jesus will return and rule on Earth.
Many devout Christians anticipate the arrival of the millennium.
Often appears as...
- christian millennium
- second coming
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Religious
noun
A significant time or turning point often marked by celebrations or major events.
The new millennium was celebrated worldwide with fireworks and parties on the night of December 31st, 1999.
Often appears as...
- millennium celebrations
- dawn of the millennium
noun
A period of 1000 years.
We are now in the third millennium.
Often appears as...
- third millennium
- new millennium
noun
The 1000 years period in the Christian religion, where Jesus will return and rule on Earth.
Many devout Christians anticipate the arrival of the millennium.
Often appears as...
- christian millennium
- second coming
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A significant time or turning point often marked by celebrations or major events.
The new millennium was celebrated worldwide with fireworks and parties on the night of December 31st, 1999.
Often appears as...
- millennium celebrations
- dawn of the millennium
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Counting Millennia
When referencing centuries, 'millennium' helps mark time in larger blocks.
The discovery of fire changed human life in the first millennium.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Events
Use 'millennium' to contextualize significant historical periods or events.
The Roman Empire fell before the second millennium began.
Pro Tip 3/3Future Projections
Futuristic discussions often mention 'millennium' to frame long-term speculations.
By the next millennium, humans might live on Mars.
Pro Tip 1/3Counting Millennia
When referencing centuries, 'millennium' helps mark time in larger blocks.
The discovery of fire changed human life in the first millennium.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Events
Use 'millennium' to contextualize significant historical periods or events.
The Roman Empire fell before the second millennium began.
Pro Tip 3/3Future Projections
Futuristic discussions often mention 'millennium' to frame long-term speculations.
By the next millennium, humans might live on Mars.
Pro Tip 1/3Counting Millennia
When referencing centuries, 'millennium' helps mark time in larger blocks.
The discovery of fire changed human life in the first millennium.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Events
Use 'millennium' to contextualize significant historical periods or events.
The Roman Empire fell before the second millennium began.
Pro Tip 3/3Future Projections
Futuristic discussions often mention 'millennium' to frame long-term speculations.
By the next millennium, humans might live on Mars.
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Chinese officials used them to determine aptitude for various government posts. The subject matter included philosophy, farming, and even military tactics. Standardized tests continued to be used around the world for the next two millennia, and today, they're used for everything
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Why the buildings of the...
We created an emotional reaction to these forms. So did every mayor in the world. So every mayor knew that if they had these forms, they had culture and tourism. This phenomenon at the turn of the new millennium happened to a few other starchitects.
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How do glasses help us...
The words magically became clear. But it wasn't until a millennium later that that same principle would be used to create the earliest glasses. Today, glasses can help millions of people with poor vision due to uncorrected refractive errors.
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The threat of invasive...
allows their populations to skyrocket. So why does this keep happening? Most of the world's ecosystems are the result of millennia of coevolution by organisms, adapting to their environment and each other until a stable balance is reached.
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The history of tattoos -...
Tattooed mummies from around the world attest to the universality of body modification across the millennia, and to the fact that you really were stuck with it forever if your civilization never got around to inventing laser removal.
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What I learned at...
okay the end guy with the grab I didn't even know I didn't know if I miss what the M was I didn't I actually thought is he talking about millennium yes I'm afraid of Millennials I mean I could figure out what are you talking about
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What does it mean to be...
Others have crossed a border and sought shelter outside of their own countries. They are commonly referred to as refugees. But what exactly does that term mean? The world has known refugees for millennia,
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The three different ways...
or monotreme, each of these creatures and its unique birthing methods, however bizarre, have succeeded for many millennia in bringing new life and diversity into the mammal kingdom.
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Pink Catfish Discovered...
with no other fish for miles around how its ancestors found their way into this cave is a complete mystery isolated in the dark for millennia these catfish have started to lose the
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Ancient Greece 101 PIPE...
Ancient Greece's artistry, regard for heroes, and democratic rule left a considerable impression on world history. With contributions that lasted for millennia,
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Should we get rid of...
Chinese officials used them to determine aptitude for various government posts. The subject matter included philosophy, farming, and even military tactics. Standardized tests continued to be used around the world for the next two millennia, and today, they're used for everything
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
We created an emotional reaction to these forms. So did every mayor in the world. So every mayor knew that if they had these forms, they had culture and tourism. This phenomenon at the turn of the new millennium happened to a few other starchitects.
Video examples
How do glasses help us...
The words magically became clear. But it wasn't until a millennium later that that same principle would be used to create the earliest glasses. Today, glasses can help millions of people with poor vision due to uncorrected refractive errors.
Video examples
The threat of invasive...
allows their populations to skyrocket. So why does this keep happening? Most of the world's ecosystems are the result of millennia of coevolution by organisms, adapting to their environment and each other until a stable balance is reached.
Video examples
The history of tattoos -...
Tattooed mummies from around the world attest to the universality of body modification across the millennia, and to the fact that you really were stuck with it forever if your civilization never got around to inventing laser removal.
Video examples
What I learned at...
okay the end guy with the grab I didn't even know I didn't know if I miss what the M was I didn't I actually thought is he talking about millennium yes I'm afraid of Millennials I mean I could figure out what are you talking about
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
Others have crossed a border and sought shelter outside of their own countries. They are commonly referred to as refugees. But what exactly does that term mean? The world has known refugees for millennia,
Video examples
The three different ways...
or monotreme, each of these creatures and its unique birthing methods, however bizarre, have succeeded for many millennia in bringing new life and diversity into the mammal kingdom.
Video examples
Pink Catfish Discovered...
with no other fish for miles around how its ancestors found their way into this cave is a complete mystery isolated in the dark for millennia these catfish have started to lose the
Video examples
Ancient Greece 101 PIPE...
Ancient Greece's artistry, regard for heroes, and democratic rule left a considerable impression on world history. With contributions that lasted for millennia,
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Most simply, 'present shock' is the human response to living in a world that's always on real time and simultaneous. You know, in some ways it's the impact of living in a digital environment, and in other ways it's just really what happens when you stop leaning so forward to the millennium and you finally arrive there.
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Jonathan Larson
American Composer
In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seams, we can all learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day, and we should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium.
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Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
For millennia, human beings have been finding new ways to look at the world through each others' eyes: from projecting ourselves onto the characters in novels or movies to dressing up in costume to devouring the details of some celebrity's life in 'Hello' or 'OK.
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Paul Allen
American Businessman
That would be such a life-changing thing, for us all to know that there are other beings out there who we could potentially communicate with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago.
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John Archibald Wheeler
American Physicist
Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it - in a decade, a century, or a millennium - we will all say to each other, how could it have been otherwise? How could we have been so stupid?
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Robert Fogel
American Historian
In most, if not quite all, parts of the world, the size, shape and longevity of the human body have changed more substantially, and much more rapidly, during the past three centuries than over many previous millennia.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
TV and film were always governing passions of mine, and that first wave of great HBO shows in the early years of the millennium was feeding my desire for fiction more than the books I was reading.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
No one has advanced the argument that all-male fighting forces have been handicapped in their war-making abilities over the millennia because they did not include women in their ranks.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Multilingualism in our nation extends back to several millennia. This multilingualism is an asset, a heritage we have inherited, and is, in fact, a resource we deeply cherish.
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James Lovelock
English Scientist
The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium.
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Most simply, 'present shock' is the human response to living in a world that's always on real time and simultaneous. You know, in some ways it's the impact of living in a digital environment, and in other ways it's just really what happens when you stop leaning so forward to the millennium and you finally arrive there.
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Jonathan Larson
American Composer
In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seams, we can all learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day, and we should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium.
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Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
For millennia, human beings have been finding new ways to look at the world through each others' eyes: from projecting ourselves onto the characters in novels or movies to dressing up in costume to devouring the details of some celebrity's life in 'Hello' or 'OK.
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Paul Allen
American Businessman
That would be such a life-changing thing, for us all to know that there are other beings out there who we could potentially communicate with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago.
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John Archibald Wheeler
American Physicist
Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it - in a decade, a century, or a millennium - we will all say to each other, how could it have been otherwise? How could we have been so stupid?
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Robert Fogel
American Historian
In most, if not quite all, parts of the world, the size, shape and longevity of the human body have changed more substantially, and much more rapidly, during the past three centuries than over many previous millennia.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
TV and film were always governing passions of mine, and that first wave of great HBO shows in the early years of the millennium was feeding my desire for fiction more than the books I was reading.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
No one has advanced the argument that all-male fighting forces have been handicapped in their war-making abilities over the millennia because they did not include women in their ranks.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Multilingualism in our nation extends back to several millennia. This multilingualism is an asset, a heritage we have inherited, and is, in fact, a resource we deeply cherish.
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James Lovelock
English Scientist
The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium.
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