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one thousand thousand

one thousand thousand

1.0
A number equal to one million
  • noun
  • /wʌn ˈθaʊzənd ˈθaʊzənd/
translation icon : un millón
  • Did you know that one thousand thousand is the same as one million?

Examples

  • The company made a deal worth one thousand thousand dollars last year.

  • The population of the city reached one thousand thousand last year.

  • A one thousand thousand prize was awarded to the winner of the science competition.

  • The city has grown to a population of nearly one thousand thousand inhabitants over the past decade.

  • The new stadium can hold an audience of one thousand thousand fans.

  • The charity event raised a staggering one thousand thousand dollars for the local hospital.

  • Our country has a GDP of approximately one thousand thousand in that fiscal year.

Synonyms

million
vsone thousand thousand
∞ 1.0

A number equal to one thousand times one thousand

has identical value but uses the longer spoken numeric phrase

Surface Forms

one thousand thousand singular
one thousand thousands plural

Morphology

one + thousand + thousand

The phrase is fully compositional: a learner who knows 'one' and 'thousand' can combine them to compute one thousand times one thousand = 1,000,000, so the intended meaning is directly derivable. This numeric composition follows regular counting patterns found across languages (even if English normally prefers the lexicalized form 'one million'), making it transparent to B1 learners who understand basic number formation.

Etymology

One thousand thousand comes from the simple idea of counting 1,000 groups of one thousand. So it just means 'one million'.