thousand
a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
a symbol for this number, as 1000 or M.
thousands. the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: Property damage was in the thousands.
a great number or amount.
Also thousand's place .
(in a mixed number) the position of the fourth digit to the left of the decimal point.
(in a whole number) the position of the fourth digit from the right.
amounting to 1000 in number.
Origin of thousand
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How to use thousand in a sentence
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In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.
Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects | Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn recent months, thousands of people from all walks of life have flooded the streets of our cities.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face? | Goldie Taylor | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, there are plenty of nerdy zingers hidden in those thousands of pages.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years | Jedediah Purdy | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A culture which was complete one thousand years before Adam must have needed many thousands of years to develop.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordWhen the man turned bad on his hands, Jahweh was angry, and cursed him and his seed for thousands of years.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordThousands of lives were lost, and property to an incalculable extent was destroyed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellYou have borrowed, as these accounts will show, thousands of pounds, and paid them back with promises and words.
Deputations to royalty had no effect in staying the change, and thousands were thrown on the parish.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
British Dictionary definitions for thousand
/ (ˈθaʊzənd) /
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100: See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 1000, 10³, M, etc, representing this number
(often plural) a very large but unspecified number, amount, or quantity: they are thousands of miles away
(plural) the numbers 2000–9999: the price of the picture was in the thousands
the amount or quantity that is one hundred times greater than ten
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 1000 units
maths the position containing a digit representing that number followed by three zeros: in 4760, 4 is in the thousand's place
amounting to a thousand: a thousand ships
(as pronoun): a thousand is hardly enough
amounting to 1000 times a particular scientific unit
Origin of thousand
1Other words from thousand
- Related prefix: kilo-
- Related adjective: millenary
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Other Idioms and Phrases with thousand
see bat a thousand; by the dozen (thousand); one in a million (thousand); picture is worth a thousand words.
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