thousand
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thousand/ˈθaʊznd/
▶cardinal number (pl. thousands or (with numeral or quantifying word) same)
- 1 (a/one thousand) the number equivalent to the product of a hundred and ten; 1,000. (Roman numeral: m or M)
- 2 (thousands) informal an unspecified large number.
– derivatives
thousandfold adjective & adverb,
thousandth ordinal number.
thousandfold adjective & adverb,
thousandth ordinal number.
– origin OE thūsend, of Gmc origin.
'thousand' also found in these Oxford entries:
aeon
- Balthazar
- banzai
- bar
- billion
- bimillenary
- birth rate
- blatant
- calorie
- chiliad
- chiliarch
- chiliast
- death rate
- G
- gigabit
- gigabyte
- gigaflop
- gigahertz
- gigawatt
- grand
- hypersonic
- K
- kilo-
- kilobase
- kilocalorie
- lakh
- mil
- mile
- milfoil
- millefeuille
- millefiori
- millefleurs
- millenarianism
- millenary
- millennium
- millepore
- millesimal
- milli-
- milliard
- million
- millipede
- myriad
- nanometre
- nanosecond
- none
- per mille
- person
- quadrillion
- quintillion
- septillion
