| Pronunciation: | | 'thawzund
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| Matching Terms: | | thousand and one nights, thousand island dressing, thousand legs, thousand times, thousandfold, thousand-fold, thousands, thousandth
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- [n] the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- [adj] denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
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| | Synonyms: | | 1000, 1000, a thousand, cardinal, chiliad, G, grand, k, K, m, M, one thousand, one thousand, thou, yard |
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| | See Also: | | large integer |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Thou"sand\, n. [OE. [thorn]ousend, [thorn]usend, AS.
[thorn][=u]send; akin to OS. th[=u]sundig, th[=u]sind,
OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t[=u]sunt,
d[=u]sunt, Icel. [thorn][=u]sund, [thorn][=u]shund, Sw.
tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. [thorn][=u]sundi, Lith. tukstantis,
Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]
1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting
of ten times one hundred units or objects.
2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7.
Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the
Note under {Hundred}.
3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or
CI[Crev].
\Thou"sand\, a.
1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
``Perplexed with a thousand cares.'' --Shak.
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