thousand
ˈθaʊzənd
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Definition of thousand - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

1.
number 1000number equal to ten times one hundred
  • He saved a thousand dollars for his trip..
grand kilo
2.
large amountlarge, indefinite number
  • There seemed to be a thousand reasons not to go..
countless innumerable myriad
3.
mathematicssomething consisting of 1,000 units
  • The box contains a thousand pieces of candy.
grand kilo

Adjective

mathematicsdenoting a quantity of 1,000 items
  • We need a thousand chairs for the event.
kilo millenary millennial
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Expressions with thousand

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perform exceptionally well
The new employee is batting a thousand with his sales numbers.
used to say something will never happen, no matter what
Not in a thousand years will I forgive that lie.
a single image expresses complex ideas or emotions
The photograph of the disaster scene showed that a picture paints a thousand words.
achieve success in every attempt
He is batting a thousand with his business ventures.
experience repeated mental suffering or embarrassment
She felt like she would die a thousand deaths during the speech.
emphasizes something will definitely not happen
He will never in a thousand years win the lottery.

Origin of thousand

Latin, mille (thousand)

Terms with thousand included in their meaning

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measurement
unit of mass equal to one thousand grams
modern number
one thousand million in modern usage
number
amounting to a thousand million
number
thousand million
Kacr.
acr: kilo
prefix meaning one thousand units of something
public health
deaths per thousand people in an area annually
finance
thousand units of currency like dollars
time span
period of one thousand years

Examples of thousand in a sentence

  • A thousand stars lit up the night sky.
  • A thousand voices echoed in the hall.
  • She has a thousand things to do today.
  • He saved a thousand dollars for the trip.
  • The concert was attended by a thousand fans.
  • The company ordered a thousand computers.

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  1. French:mille, millier, ...
  2. German:tausend, tausende, ...
  3. Italian:mille, un migliaio, ...
  4. Spanish:mil, un millar, ...
  5. Portuguese:mil, milhares, ...
  6. Chinese:一千, 一千的, ...
  7. Japanese:千, 千の, ...
  8. Arabic:أَلْف, آلاف, ...
  9. Hebrew:אֶלֶף, ...
  10. Russian:тысяча, тысячный, ...
  11. Ukrainian:тисяча, тисячі, ...
  12. Hindi:हज़ार, एक हज़ार, ...
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