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Thousand - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Thousand : adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units [syn:
a thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, k]
(noun)
1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand,
thou, yard]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7.
Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the
Note under Hundred.
3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or
CI[Crev].
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Thousand : \Thou"sand\, a.
1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
``Perplexed with a thousand cares.'' --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Thousand |
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ayajanchi: What do you call a Thousand IMF economists lying at the bottom of the sea?” went the joke at the World Bank, – “a good start.” |
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watchingdan: Wrote another Thousand words on my current work in progress, a short supernatural horror (I think!) I'm happy with how its unfolding... |
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beekers03: "I want to be your Thousand whirling dreams of sun." |
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