Thousand (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural thou·sands, (as after a numeral) thou·sand.
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 1000 or M.
  3. the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: Property damage was in the thousands.
  4. a great number or amount.
  5. Also thousand's place .
    • (in a mixed number) the position of the fourth digit to the left of the decimal point.
    • (in a whole number) the position of the fourth digit from the right.
adjective
  1. amounting to 1000 in number.
noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
  2. a numeral, 1000, 10³, M, etc, representing this number
  3. a very large but unspecified number, amount, or quantity
  4. the numbers 2000–9999
  5. the amount or quantity that is one hundred times greater than ten
  6. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 1000 units
  7. the position containing a digit representing that number followed by three zeros
determiner
    • amounting to a thousand
    • (as pronoun)
  2. amounting to 1000 times a particular scientific unit
Thousand (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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