thousand
noun
thou·sand
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plural thousands
or thousand
Definition of thousand
1
: a number equal to 10 times 100 — see Table of Numbers
2
: a very large number
thousands of ants
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Other Words from thousand
thousand
adjective
thousandfold
\ ˈthau̇-zᵊn(d)-ˌfōld
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adjective or adverb
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adjective or adverb
thousandth
\ ˈthau̇-zᵊn(t)th
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adjective or noun
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adjective or noun
Examples of thousand in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Even without a permanent installation in Denver, Meow Wolf has already invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in Denver’s arts and culture scene by sponsoring events, publications, gallery shows and more. — John Wenzel, The Know, "Meow Wolf is throwing a three-night electronic music and art festival in Denver," 12 Sep. 2019 Given a sequence of words, a language model computes the probability that each of the hundreds of thousands of words in its vocabulary will be the next one in the sequence. — Wired, "AI Can Pass Standardized Tests—But It Would Fail Preschool," 10 Sep. 2019 Hundreds of thousands now attend fashion week shows, and millions more stream them online. — Marc Bain, Quartzy, "Do fashion weeks still have a purpose?," 7 Sep. 2019 Since 1965 the federal government has added five departments and multiple agencies that collectively employ hundreds of thousands of people. — The Economist, "The federal bureaucracies were already creaking," 7 Sep. 2019 The massive storm pummeled the area for more than two days, blowing off roofs, flooding barrier islands and forcing thousands to flee for safety. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "South Floridians’ kinship with the Bahamas prompts outpouring of support," 4 Sep. 2019 The suit was filed on behalf of three former workers from Arkansas, but seeks class-action status for hundreds of thousands more. — William Thornton | [email protected], al, "Federal lawsuit claims chicken producers fix wages, benefits," 3 Sep. 2019 But much of the park is wild and remote, meaning hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into a few easily accessible areas, such as the legendary Going-to-the-Sun Road, a tight alpine highway that stretches 50 miles. — Justin Franz, Houston Chronicle, "Have Glacier National Park to yourself in the fall," 30 Aug. 2019 Humanitarian forensic scientists have also played a fundamental role in Europe’s migrant crisis, which has claimed the lives of thousands who die or go missing in the Mediterranean Sea attempting to flee Africa and the Middle East. — Ahmad Samarji, The Conversation, "Humanitarian forensic scientists trace the missing, identify the dead and comfort the living," 28 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'thousand.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for thousand
thousand
noun
English Language Learners Definition of thousand
: the number 1,000
: an amount that is more than 2,000
: a very large number
See the full definition for thousand in the English Language Learners Dictionary
thousand
noun
thou·sand
| \ ˈthau̇-zᵊnd
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Kids Definition of thousand
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: ten times one hundred : 1000
2
: a very large number
thousands of things to do
thousand
adjectiveKids Definition of thousand (Entry 2 of 2)
: being 1000
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