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Thousand

see synonyms of thousand

Noun

1. 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Adjective

2. 1000, k, m, one thousand, thousand

denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thousand

see synonyms of thousand

noun

1.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

See also number (sense 1)

2.

a numeral, 1000, 103, M, etc, representing this number

3. (often plural)

a very large but unspecified number, amount, or quantity

they are thousands of miles away

4. (plural)

the numbers 2000–9999

the price of the picture was in the thousands

5.

the amount or quantity that is one hundred times greater than ten

6.

something represented by, representing, or consisting of 1000 units

7. mathematics

the position containing a digit representing that number followed by three zeros

in 4760, 4 is in the thousand's place

determiner

8.

a.

amounting to a thousand

a thousand ships

b.

(as pronoun)

a thousand is hardly enough

9.

amounting to 1000 times a particular scientific unit

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Thousand

see synonyms of thousand

noun

1.

ten hundred; 1,000; M

2.

an indefinite but very large number

a hyperbolic use

adjective

3.

amounting to one thousand in number

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thousand

see synonyms of thousand

n.

The cardinal number equal to 10 × 100 or 10³.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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