millennium

1. (countable)A period of time consisting of one thousand years.

   Jahrtausend, Millennium

   тысячеле́тиеtysjačelétije

   тисячолі́ттяtysjačolíttja

   a span of 1000 years

2. (with definite article)The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

   A huge fireworks display was put on in Sydney to celebrate the millennium.

3. (archaic)Any long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.

   Near-synonym: utopia

   expecting a millennium

1. Even now, in the second millennium, many women suffer discrimination in all aspects of life.

   Навіть зараз, у другому тисячолітті, багато жінок зазнають дискримінації в усіх сферах життя. — Ahha

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2. A thousand years makes a millennium.

   ruТысяча лет составляет тысячелетие. — odexed

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3. A hundred decades make a millennium.

   ruИз ста десятилетий получается тысячелетие. — Wezel

   deHundert Dekaden ergeben ein Millennium. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. We've already prepared for the millennium bug.

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5. A thousand years make up a millennium.

   ruТысяча лет образует тысячелетие. — odexed

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