thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/
ipa: /ˈθuːz(ə)nd/
enpr: thou′zənd
ipa: /ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)/
ipa: [ˈθaʊ̯zn̩d]
Forms: form: thousands
form: 1000
form: M
form: kilo-
Etymology: From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).
Senses: examples: text: The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.
text: Many thousands of people came to the conference.
text: Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity. In the history of China, it brings us to the Tchou dynasty, where the events of Chinese history "begin to be more trustworthy."
ref: 1889, Charles Taze Russell, The Time Is At Hand, Allegheny, PA: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, published 1907, →OCLC, →OL, page 36:
text: The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.
ref: 1995, John December, quoting Craig Jackson, The World Wide Web Unleashed, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.net, →ISBN, page 450:
text: Accounts with between fifty thousand and two hundred thousand followers are considered “microinfluencers,” and tend to have higher engagement rates—that is, a larger share of their followers like, favorite, or comment on their posts—than those with millions of followers.
ref: 2017 April 17, Rachel Monroe, “#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2017:
text: And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities.
ref: 2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN:
glosses: A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
Synonyms: sense: numerical
word: nillion
sense: numerical
word: illion
sense: numerical
word: one thousand
sense: numerical
word: one nillion
sense: numerical
word: one illion
sense: numerical
word: a thousand
sense: numerical
word: a nillion
sense: numerical
word: an illion
sense: numerical
word: ten hundred
Coordinate terms: million
milliard
thousand million
billion
trillion
quadrillion
quintillion
sextillion
Derived terms: sense: numbers
word: one thousand
sense: numbers
word: one thousand and one
sense: numbers
word: thousand and one
sense: numbers
word: thousand one
sense: numbers
word: two thousand
sense: numbers
word: three thousand
sense: numbers
word: four thousand
sense: numbers
word: five thousand
sense: numbers
word: six thousand
sense: numbers
word: seven thousand
sense: numbers
word: an image is worth a thousand words
sense: numbers
word: eight thousand
sense: numbers
word: nine thousand
sense: numbers
word: ten thousand
sense: numbers
word: one hundred thousand
sense: numbers
word: hundred thousand
sense: numbers
word: thousand million
sense: other
word: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
sense: other
word: a picture is worth a thousand words
sense: other
word: a picture paints a thousand words
sense: other
word: bat a thousand
sense: other
word: bat one thousand
sense: other
word: death by a thousand cuts
sense: other
word: death by a thousand paper cuts
sense: other
word: die a thousand deaths
sense: other
word: hundreds and thousands
sense: other
word: land of a thousand hills
sense: other
word: let a thousand flowers bloom
sense: other
word: long thousand
sense: other
word: mother of thousands
sense: other
word: over nine thousand
sense: other
word: sixty-four thousand dollar question
sense: other
word: smile a thousand smiles
sense: other
word: the city of a thousand windows
sense: other
word: thousandaire
sense: other
word: tenthousandaire
sense: other
word: thousandfold
sense: other
word: thousand-headed cabbage
sense: other
word: Thousand Islands
sense: other
word: thousand-leaf
sense: other
word: thousand-legger
sense: other
word: thousand-legs
sense: other
word: thousand-mile stare
sense: other
word: thousand pardons
sense: other
word: thousandsome
sense: other
word: thousandth
sense: other
word: thousand yard stare
sense: other
word: thousand-yard stare
sense: other
word: thousand-year egg
sense: other
word: thousand-year-old egg
sense: other
word: two thousand and late
sense: other
word: upper ten thousand
sense: other
word: yearthousand