thousand
[ thou-zuhnd ]
/ ˈθaʊ zənd /
noun, plural thou·sands, (as after a numeral) thou·sand.
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.
adjective
amounting to 1000 in number.
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Origin of thousand
before 900; Middle English; Old English thūsend; cognate with Dutch duizend,Old High German dūsunt,Old Norse thūsund,Gothic thūsindi
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British Dictionary definitions for thousand
thousand
/ (ˈθaʊzənd) /
noun
determiner
- amounting to a thousanda thousand ships
- (as pronoun)a thousand is hardly enough
amounting to 1000 times a particular scientific unit
Other words from thousand
Related prefix: kilo-Related adjective: millenaryWord Origin for thousand
Old English thūsend; related to Old Saxon thūsind, Old High German thūsunt, Old Norse thūsund
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Idioms and Phrases with thousand
thousand
see bat a thousand; by the dozen (thousand); one in a million (thousand); picture is worth a thousand words.
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