Lexic.us

Definition of One thousand

1. Adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.

Definition of One thousand

1. Phrase. (non-gloss definition Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.) ¹

2. Numeral. (cardinal) The number 1000. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of One Thousand

one side one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind one step ahead one step at a time one step forward, two steps back one strike and you're out one swallow does not a spring make one swallow does not a summer make one swallow does not make a spring one swallow does not make a summer

one swallow doesn't a spring make one swallow doesn't a summer make one swallow doesn't make a spring one swallow doesn't make a summer one thing led to another one thousand (current term) one thousand million one thousand thousand one time one too many

one track mind one trick ponies one trick pony one under one unders one up one ups one way or another one who hesitates is lost oneberry

Literary usage of One thousand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"... one thousand dollars ; one assistant messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars ; two laborers, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1859)
"... the twenty & three one Thousand six hundreth forty & six. ... the yere one thousand six hundreth & fifty. George Graues sunn of Georg Graues was ..."

3. American Journal of Education (1860)
"... or twenty ones, are a hundred, and sets down a cipher in the ten's place ; five times three hundred arc one thousand and five hundred, ..."

4. Report by Maharashtra (India) Committee on Teacher Education in Maharashtra State (1884)
"In the class Local, the number of decedents for 1881 was one thousand nine hundred and ... In 1877 it was one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine (1599). ..."

5. Journal by Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate (1916)
""An act to amend an act approved the ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred eleven, entitled 'An act to provide for the appointment of deputy ..."

6. The History of England, from the Revolution of 1688, to the Death of George by Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"To moke good the deficiency of the grants for the service ot this present year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine, they assigned the earn of seventy ..."

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