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thousand

/θˈaʊzʌnd/noun, adjective2 syllables

Thousand means: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.

Synonyms for thousand10

noun, as in the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard

adjective, as in denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

one thousand, 1000, m, k, cardinal

What does thousand mean?2

noun

1

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

adjective

1

denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Thousand in a sentence

  • Suppose you had a thousand dollars, what would you do with it?CK
  • If you add one hundred to one thousand, you get eleven hundred.CK
  • The price was only three thousand yen, or about thirty dollars.CM
  • Every month, he saved ten thousand yen out of his income for his daughter.CS
  • If men knew all that women thought, they'd be a thousand times more daring.caspian
  • For example, what would you do if you had ten thousand dollars?Bah_Dure
  • If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.Zifre
  • Fearing is dying a thousand times, it's worse than death.Scott

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Forms of thousand

as a noun

plural
thousands