Define the word thousand"Thousand" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Thousand \Thou"sand\, n. [OE. [thorn]ousend, [thorn]usend, AS.
[thorn][=u]send; akin to OS. th[=u]sundig, th[=u]sind,
OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t[=u]sunt,
d[=u]sunt, Icel. [thorn][=u]sund, [thorn][=u]shund, Sw.
tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. [thorn][=u]sundi, Lith. tukstantis,
Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]
1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting
of ten times one hundred units or objects.
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2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7.
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Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the
Note under Hundred.
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3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or
CI[Crev].
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"Thousand" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Thousand \Thou"sand\, a.
1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
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2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
"Perplexed with a thousand cares." --Shak.
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"thousand" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
thousand
adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units [syn:
a thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, k]
n : the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand,
thou, yard]
"thousand" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "thousand":
G, M, a billion, a crore, a lakh, a million, a myriad, a nonillion,
a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, billion, chiliad, chiliagon,
chiliahedron, chiliarch, chiliarchia, considerable, ever so many,
full many, gobs, grand, heap, heaped-up, jillion, kilo, kilocycle,
kilogram, kilohertz, kiloliter, kilometer, lakh, loads, many,
millennium, millepede, milligram, milliliter, million,
multifarious, multifold, multiple, multitudinal, multitudinous,
myriad, no few, not a few, numerous, one hundred thousand, oodles,
quantities, quite some, ten thousand, thou, trillion, very many,
yard, zillion
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