thousand
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- numeral
- /ˈθaʊzənd/
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- That stuff is going to run you thousands and thousands of dollars.
- one thousand dollars
- several thousand
- a few thousand
There are hundreds or thousands of them in most cells.
- There are hundreds or thousands of them in most cells.
- We have helped thousands and thousands of men.
- The theme of the spring will involve hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers.
- And they very quickly find hundreds, if not thousands of people who want in.
- I've written three books, I've done thousands of broadcasts on crime and policing.
- Women have been doing it that way for thousands of years.
- I've seen freaking Stingrays, thousands of mullet, so many mullet.
- So stay tuned for the thousand million long hour video.
- No, Jituto is not thousands or even hundreds of years old.
- I think couple thousand comments now where it's just either.
Examples
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There are thousands of stars visible on a clear night in the countryside.
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We've had universities for thousands and thousands of years.
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There are hundreds or thousands of them in most cells.
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And for a couple thousand years gold has worked.
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We have helped thousands and thousands of men.
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And they very quickly find hundreds, if not thousands of people who want in.
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I look out and I see thousands of people with different hopes.
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There are hundreds of thousands of rabbis all over the area.
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Hundreds of ships were wrecked and damaged, thousands of sailors drowned.
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The charity helped provide clean water to thousands of families in the region.
Synonyms
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A number equal to ten times one hundred
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A number equal to 1,000
Idioms
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A creamy sauce for salads and sandwiches made from mayonnaise and chopped pickles
- Literature
A collection of Arabic folk tales from the Middle East, also called Arabian Nights
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Etymology
Thousand comes from an old German word, like German tausend. People thought of it as 'ten hundreds', which is why thousand names the number '1,000'.