Used in a Sentence

millennial

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for millennial.

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A while back, my Millennial daughter had a conversation about finding jobs and building careers today with her Boomer grandfather.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of millennial gathered in one view.

adjective

Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium.

adjective

Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old.

adjective

Occurring every thousand years.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for millennial.

adjective

Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium.

adjective

Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old.

adjective

Occurring every thousand years.

adjective

Referring to the thousandth anniversary of an event or happening.

Example sentences

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A while back, my Millennial daughter had a conversation about finding jobs and building careers today with her Boomer grandfather.

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Of millennial men who were already fathers, 53 percent said it was better for mothers and fathers to take on traditional roles.

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Sad, but the morale of this case is simple: don't interact with millennial women.

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Elite Daily is the perfect example of what the millennial generation is looking for.

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The Millennial golf market has been a neglected space for a long time.

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That makes me a Millennial and my wife from 1979 a Gen Xer.

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Did the flipping internet, smartphones and all the rest of it just spring fully formed into existence with the birth of the first millennial?

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Shallow advice from fellow millennials with tech news sprinkled in with as much importance as think-pieces covering what it's like to be a millennial.

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This is completely the opposite of my (also a millennial) experience.

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I was shopping for one of those entry level cars, and the marketing was millennial-oriented to the point of being comical.

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If I were a law-abiding millennial trying to buy a house in one of these markets I would be extremely frustrated.

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I'd say it's more of a Millennial trend of devaluing labor and services.

Quote examples

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Millennial Poetry discovers "poems" on Twitter in real time, and matches it with recent images from Instagram.

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The women's and civil rights movements went against the traditions of plenty of millennial old cultures such as the "Kalahari Bushmen and the Han Chinese, the Carthaginians and the Aztecs"[0] as well.

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> The women's and civil rights movements went against the traditions of plenty of millennial old cultures such as the "Kalahari Bushmen and the Han Chinese, the Carthaginians and the Aztecs"[0] as well.

Proper noun examples

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Millennial families also have to deal with the stigma of 24/7 supervision of their children.

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Look, I, as a Millennial, am aware that the average wage has decreased since the 70s.

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[1]I don't think Millennial's are all that special even if we think we are.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use millennial in a sentence?

A while back, my Millennial daughter had a conversation about finding jobs and building careers today with her Boomer grandfather.

What does millennial mean?

Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium.

What part of speech is millennial?

millennial is commonly used as adjective.