Definition of thousand Thousand

/θawˈzʌnd/ - [thawzund] - thou•sand

We found 10 definitions of thousand from 6 different sources.

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What does thousand mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

thousand, thousander, thousandest

thousand - denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
  one thousand, 1000, m, k
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • thousand (n.)
    The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
  • thousand (n.)
    Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
  • thousand (n.)
    A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI/.
  • thousand (a.)
    Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
  • thousand (a.)
    Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • thousand
    Ten times hundred.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • thousand
    thow′zand, adj. denoting ten hundred: proverbially, denoting any great number.—n. the number ten hundred: any large number.—adj. Thou′sandfold, folded a thousand times: multiplied by a thousand.—n. Thou′sand-legs, any one of the Myriapoda.—adj. Thou′sandth, the last of a thousand or of any great number.—n. one of a thousand or of any great number.—One in [of] a thousand, anything exceedingly rare, implying a high degree of rarity or excellence. [A.S. thúsend; Ger. tausend, Goth. thúsundi.]

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  • A thousand (1,000) is a number. It is ten hundreds.

    Examples of a thousand.

    If you have a thousand thousands, it is known as million.

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