thousand
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thou·sand
(thou′zənd)n.
The cardinal number equal to 10 × 100 or 103.
thou′sand adj. & pron.
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thousand
(ˈθaʊzənd)n
1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. See also number1
2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 1000, 103, M, etc, representing this number
3. (often plural) a very large but unspecified number, amount, or quantity: they are thousands of miles away.
4. (plural) the numbers 2000–9999: the price of the picture was in the thousands.
5. (Mathematics) the amount or quantity that is one hundred times greater than ten
6. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 1000 units
7. (Mathematics) maths the position containing a digit representing that number followed by three zeros: in 4760, 4 is in the thousand's place.
determiner
8.
a. amounting to a thousand: a thousand ships.
b. (as pronoun): a thousand is hardly enough.
9. amounting to 1000 times a particular scientific unit
[Old English thūsend; related to Old Saxon thūsind, Old High German thūsunt, Old Norse thūsund]
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thou•sand
(ˈθaʊ zənd)n., pl. -sands, (as after a numeral) -sand, n.
1. a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
2. a symbol for this number, as 1000 or M.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. thousands,
a. the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to money.
b. a great number or amount.
5. Also called thou′sand's place`.
adj. a. (in a mixed number) the position of the fourth digit to the left of the decimal point.
b. (in a whole number) the position of the fourth digit from the right.
6. amounting to 1000 in number.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English thūsend, c. Old Frisian thūsend, Old High German dūsunt, Old Norse thūsund, Gothic thusundi]
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thousand
A thousand or one thousand is the number 1,000.
You can say that there are a thousand things or one thousand things.
We'll give you a thousand dollars for the story.
There was a ship about one thousand yards off shore.
Be Careful!
Don't say that there are 'thousand' things.
Be Careful!
Don't change the word thousand when you put another number in front of it. Don't say, for example, 'five thousands'. Say 'five thousand'.
I'll pay you seven thousand dollars.
We have five thousand acres.
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| Noun | 1. | thousand - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten millenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) |
| Adj. | 1. |  thousand - denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or unitscardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
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thousand
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Translations
000000 الرَّقَم1أَلْفألْف
milmilenarmiler
tisíc
tusindtusinde
mil
tuhat
هزار
tuhat
tisuću
ezerezres: az ezres szám
ribu
òúsundþúsund
千
1000
miliamille
tūkstantistūkstantoji dalistūkstančiaitūkstančiotūkstantasis
tūkstoštūkstotis
mie
tisíc
tisoč
tusen
หนึ่งพัน
binbin dolar
тисяча
nghìn
thousand
[ˈθaʊzənd]A. ADJ → mil
B. N → mil m
a thousand; one thousand → mil
two/five thousand → dos/cinco mil
a thousand and one/two → mil uno/dos
I've got a thousand and one things to do → tengo la mar de cosas que hacer
they sell them by the thousand → los venden a millares
in their thousands → a millares
thousands of → miles de ...
I've told you a thousand times or thousands of times → te lo he dicho mil veces
a thousand; one thousand → mil
two/five thousand → dos/cinco mil
a thousand and one/two → mil uno/dos
I've got a thousand and one things to do → tengo la mar de cosas que hacer
they sell them by the thousand → los venden a millares
in their thousands → a millares
thousands of → miles de ...
I've told you a thousand times or thousands of times → te lo he dicho mil veces
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
thousand
[ˈθaʊzənd] num → milleone thousand → mille
a thousand → mille
a thousand euros → mille euros
two thousand pounds → deux mille livres
thousands of people → des milliers de personnes
thousands of times → des milliers de fois
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
thousand
adj → tausend; a thousand → (ein)tausend; two thousand → zweitausend; a thousand times → tausendmal; a thousand and one/two → tausend(und)eins/-zwei; I died a thousand deaths (inf: = was embarrassed) → ich wäre fast in den Boden versunken; (= was afraid) → ich habe tausend Ängste ausgestanden; I have a thousand and one (different) things to do (inf) → ich habe tausenderlei or tausend Dinge zu tun; Thousand Island dressing → Thousand-Islands-Dressing nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
thousand
[ˈθaʊz/ənd]1. adj → mille
2. n → mille m inv
one/two/five thousand → mille/duemila/cinquemila
a thousand and one/two → mille e uno/due
about a thousand → circa un migliaio
in their thousands, by the thousand → a migliaia
thousands of → migliaia fpl di
one/two/five thousand → mille/duemila/cinquemila
a thousand and one/two → mille e uno/due
about a thousand → circa un migliaio
in their thousands, by the thousand → a migliaia
thousands of → migliaia fpl di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
thousand
(ˈθauzənd) – plurals ˈthousand ~ˈthousands – noun1. the number 1,000. one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.
2. the figure 1,000.
3. a thousand pounds or dollars. This cost us several thousand(s).
adjective 1,000 in number. a few thousand people; I have a couple of thousand pounds.
thousand- having a thousand (of something). a thousand-mile journey.
ˈthousandth noun1. one of a thousand equal parts.
2. (also adjective) the last of a thousand (people, things etc) or (the person, thing etc) in an equivalent position.
thousands of1. several thousand. He's got thousands of pounds in the bank.
2. lots of. I've read thousands of books.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
thousand
→ أَلْف tisíc tusind tausend χίλια mil tuhat mille tisuću mille 千 1000 duizend tusen tysiąc mil тысяча tusen หนึ่งพัน bin nghìn 千Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009