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thousand definition

thou·sand (t̸ho̵u′zənd)

noun

  1. ten hundred; 1,000; M
  2. an indefinite but very large number: a hyperbolic use

Etymology: ME thusend < OE, akin to Ger tausend < PGmc *thus-hundi, “many hundred” < IE base *tēu-, to swell, increase + PGmc *hund-, hundred

adjective

amounting to one thousand in number

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thousand

modif.

ten hundred, millenary, thousandfold, multitudinous, myriad, numerous.


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thousand Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • pound: The team were believed to be raking in hundreds of thousands of pounds each month.

Converse of subject

  • enjoy: The classic tales are now being enjoyed by thousands of children, some of them hearing the stories for the very first time.

Converse of object

  • kill: For all I know, we could have killed thousands.

Adjective modifier

  • countless: Man's inhumanity to man make countless thousands mourn.

Modifies a noun

  • separator: Input thousands separators can be removed with a RegExp; I have code below and elsewhere to add them in output.
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Mille viae ducunt homines per s×cula Romam. Throughout the ages, a thousand roads lead to Rome.

-Alan of Lille also known as  'Alanus de Insulis'

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of townTuesday.

-Algren, Nelson

If we could all live a thousand years†we would each, at least once during that period, be considered a genius.

-Berger,John Peter

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