Definitions for thousand
ˈθaʊ zəndthou·sand

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yardadjective

   the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

2. thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, kadjective

   denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. thousandnumeral

   A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 100 = 10

   Etymology: From þusend.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Thousandnoun

   the number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects

2. Thousandnoun

   hence, indefinitely, a great number

3. Thousandnoun

   a symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI/

4. Thousandadjective

   consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred

5. Thousandadjective

   hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Thousand

   thow′zand, adj. denoting ten hundred: proverbially, denoting any great number.—n. the number ten hundred: any large number.—adj. Thou′sandfold, folded a thousand times: multiplied by a thousand.—n. Thou′sand-legs, any one of the Myriapoda.—adj. Thou′sandth, the last of a thousand or of any great number.—n. one of a thousand or of any great number.—One in [of] a thousand, anything exceedingly rare, implying a high degree of rarity or excellence. [A.S. thúsend; Ger. tausend, Goth. thúsundi.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'thousand' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1978

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'thousand' in Written Corpus Frequency: #224

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'thousand' in Nouns Frequency: #250

Anagrams for thousand »

1. handouts

2. hands out

How to pronounce thousand?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thousand in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of thousand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of thousand in a Sentence

1. Joe Biden:

   Two hundred twenty thousand Americans dead.

2. Stephen Vincent Benet:

   Life is not lost by dying life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

3. Buckminster Fuller:

   We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian-Darwinian theory, he must  justify his right to exist. So we have inspectors of inspectors & people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school & think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along & told them they had to earn a living.”

4. Bryant McGill:

   The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men.

5. Becky Lansing:

   In the first year, we logged about 5,000 people, it continued to double in size, from five to 10 [ thousand ], 15, 30, 40, 50.

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