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MEG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
Synonyms:
1000000; meg; million; one thousand thousand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("meg" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Context examples:
Meg, Beth, and Amy were sitting together, late in the afternoon, when Jo burst into the room, looking excited and demanding breathlessly, "Has anyone taken my book?"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg danced and flirted, chattered and giggled, as the other girls did.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg saw the girls glance at it and then at one another, and her cheeks began to burn, for with all her gentleness she was very proud.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg ran upstairs and soon came back again, looking relieved but rather bewildered, and a little ashamed.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg was Amy's confidant and monitor, and by some strange attraction of opposites Jo was gentle Beth's.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg's had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange tree in it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg colored, but a mischievous fancy to tease the girls made her reply demurely, "You are very kind, but I'm afraid he won't come."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg had a voice like a flute, and she and her mother led the little choir.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg wanted me to bring some of her blanc mange, she makes it very nicely, and Beth thought her cats would be comforting.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg was entertaining Sallie Gardiner in the parlor, when the door flew open and a floury, crocky, flushed, and disheveled figure appeared, demanding tartly...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
