thousand

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Numeral 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.4.4 See also 1.4.5 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 1000 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
• Roman numerals: M
• ISO prefix: kilo-
• Exponential notation: 10³

[edit] Etymology

From Old English þūsend

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈθaʊ.znd/, SAMPA: /"TaU.znd/
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• Hyphenation: thou‧sand

[edit] Numeral

thousand (plural thousands)

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

   The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.

   Many thousands of people came to the conference.

[edit] Usage notes

Unlike cardinal numerals up to ninety-nine, the word thousand is a noun like dozen and needs a determiner to function as a numeral.

• a thousand men / one thousand men / the thousand men
• cf. a dozen men / one dozen men / the dozen men
• cf. ten men / the ten men

Thousand can be used also in plurals. It doesn't take -s when preceded by a determiner.

• two thousand men / some thousand men
• thousands of men / dozens of thousands of men

[edit] Synonyms

• (numerical): a thousand, one thousand
• For symbolic forms of this entry, see 1000.

[edit] Derived terms

• hundreds and thousands
• mother of thousands
• Thousand Islands
• thousandfold
• thousandth

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Words used as placeholders to count seconds

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adhnostu
• handouts
• hands out