Lexic.us

Definition of Thousand

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

Definition of Thousand

1. n. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

2. a. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

Definition of Thousand

1. Numeral. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ ¹

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Definition of Thousand

1. a number [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thousand

Literary usage of Thousand

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

1. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"And the residue shall be for And at the east side four thousand and five hundred : and three gate«; and one gate of Joseph, one the prince, on the one side ..."

2. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"Ten months afterward the mine was out of debt and paying each owner eight to ten thousand dollars a month—say one hundred thousand dollars a year. ..."

3. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"Ten months afterward the mine was out of debt and paying each owner eight to ten thousand dollars a month—say one hundred thousand dollars a year. ..."

4. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"A score of them number from fifteen hundred to five thousand people. Then we have Muscatine, ten thousand; Winona, ten thousand; Moline, ten thousand; ..."

5. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"A score of them number from fifteen hundred to five thousand people. Then we have Muscatine, ten thousand; Winona, ten thousand; Moline, ten thousand; ..."

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