Thousand Definition

thouzənd
thousands
noun
thousands
The cardinal number equal to 10 × 100 or 103 .
American Heritage
Ten hundred; 1,000; M.
Webster's New World
An indefinite but very large number.
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adjective
Amounting to one thousand in number.
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Other Word Forms of Thousand

Noun

Singular:
thousand
Plural:
thousands

Origin of Thousand

  • Middle English from Old English thūsend teuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Thousand Sentence Examples

  • I have over three thousand acres.

  • A thousand years ago boys and girls did not learn to read.

  • I passed that mark a few hundred thousand years ago.

  • Apparently he was shipping someone twenty-five thousand dollars worth of cocaine.

  • Now he's three thousand miles away.

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Words Starting With

TTHTHO

Words Ending With

DNDAND

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