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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
thousand Synonyms

thousand

modif.

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

thousand Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • pound: The team were believed to be raking in hundreds of thousands of pounds each month.
  • dollar: On the down side SCO can no longer charge thousands of dollars for the low end of their systems.
  • mile: Studies of lost cargo have shown litter can travel thousands of miles around the world's oceans.
  • visitor: Like the Integer House, Osborne House is expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors.
  • people: I ask the question on behalf of thousands of people who have become Morgan fans.
  • vacancy: Find your perfect job - click here for thousands of tech vacancies.

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.
  • attract: They also run the Rickmansworth Canal Festival which attracts thousands of visitors each year.
  • save: Cheap Homes - How To Save Thousands How to save money at every step of the home buying process.
  • spend: I got hooked up with them by spending thousands of thousand of dollars out of the box to pimp out all my bikes.
  • join: For further information about the seminar CLICK HERE Don't join the thousands of businesses that go bust each year!
  • raise: Over 500 men and women attend this lively function, which raises thousands of pounds each year for a chosen charity.

Adjective modifier

  • countless: Man's inhumanity to man make countless thousands mourn.
  • untold: Untold thousands of people on AZT therapy have already died, and there are at least 100,000 taking the drug right now.
  • many: Dolphin has many thousands of clients around the world from all walks of life.
  • Many: Many thousands of people have taken advantage of our free online Internet training.
  • several: Faced with a crowd of several thousands there wasn't a lot else they could do.
  • worth: Appearing in a feature is worth thousands in advertising and you get a much stronger return.

Modifies a noun

  • separator: Input thousands separators can be removed with a RegExp; I have code below and elsewhere to add them in output.
thousand Quotes

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And helaid hold onthedragon, thatoldserpent, whichis the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Every time I leave the old man I feel like a thousand dollars.

—O'Connor, Frank pseudonym of  Michael O'Donovan

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

—Berger,John Peter

Let me say it again, I don't believe in black majority rule ever in Rhodesia. Not in a thousand years.

—Smith, Ian Douglas

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

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'

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favoured sinners slain; Thousand thousand Saints attending Swell the triumph of His train.

—Wesley, Charles

One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

—Bible (NewTestament)

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

—Bible (Old Testament)