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T0181400 (thou′zənd)n. The cardinal number equal to 10 × 100 or 10³.

[Middle English, from Old English thūsend; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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(ˈθaʊzənd) n1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. See also number¹2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 1000, 10³, M, etc, representing this number3. (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 ten6. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 1000 units7. (Mathematics) maths the position containing a digit representing that number followed by three zeros: in 4760, 4 is in the thousand's place. determiner8. 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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(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`. 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. adj. 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]

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thousand - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 1001000, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, K, M, G, yardlarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than tenmillenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)
Adj.	1.	thousand - denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units1000, k, m, one thousandcardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

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prefix kilo-

Translations

千千的一千

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(ˈθauzənd) – plurals ˈthousand ~ˈthousands – noun1. the number 1,000. one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.千2. the figure 1,000. 一千3. a thousand pounds or dollars. This cost us several thousand(s). 千（英镑、美元） adjective 1,000 in number. a few thousand people; I have a couple of thousand pounds. 千（的） thousand- having a thousand (of something). a thousand-mile journey. （前缀）千... ˈthousandth noun1. one of a thousand equal parts. 千分之一2. (also adjective) the last of a thousand (people, things etc) or (the person, thing etc) in an equivalent position. 第一千（个） thousands of1. several thousand. He's got thousands of pounds in the bank.几千2. lots of. I've read thousands of books.许许多多

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a hundred and one (something)
a hundred/thousand/million and one things/things to do, etc.
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
a million and one (something)
a picture is worth a thousand words
a picture paints a thousand words
a thousand and one (something)
bat a thousand
bat one thousand
be batting a thousand
by the dozen
by the thousand
by the thousands
cast of thousands
face that launched a thousand ships, the
if I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times
if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times
never in a thousand years
No, no, a thousand times no!
No, no, a thousand times, no!
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here
not in a thousand years
Not in a thousand years! and Never in a thousand years!
not/never in a hundred, etc. years
one in a million
one in a thousand
one picture is worth a thousand words
one picture paints a thousand words
picture is worth a thousand words
picture is worth a thousand words, one
sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, the
take (something) down a thousand
Take it down a thousand!
the sixty-four thousand dollar question
the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question

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noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

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adj denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

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