thousand
numUK /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/ · US /ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)/
Etymology
From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).
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A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
- The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.
- Many thousands of people came to the conference.
4 more examples
- Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity. In the history of China, it brings us to the Tchou dynasty, where the events of Chinese history "begin to be more trustworthy."1889, Charles Taze Russell, The Time Is At Hand, Allegheny, PA: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, published 1907, →OCLC, →OL, page 36:
- The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.1995, John December, quoting Craig Jackson, The World Wide Web Unleashed, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.net, →ISBN, page 450:
- Accounts with between fifty thousand and two hundred thousand followers are considered “microinfluencers,” and tend to have higher engagement rates—that is, a larger share of their followers like, favorite, or comment on their posts—than those with millions of followers.2017 April 17, Rachel Monroe, “#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2017:
- And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities.2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN:
- Synonyms
- nillion, illion, one thousand, one nillion, one illion, a thousand, a nillion, an illion, ten hundred
- Derived terms
55 terms
one thousand, one thousand and one, thousand and one, thousand one, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand, five thousand, six thousand, seven thousand, eight thousand, nine thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, hundred thousand, thousand million, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, an image is worth a thousand words, a picture is worth a thousand words, a picture paints a thousand words, bat a thousand, bat one thousand, death by a thousand cuts, death by a thousand paper cuts, die a thousand deaths, hundreds and thousands, land of a thousand hills, let a thousand flowers bloom, long thousand, mother of thousands, over nine thousand, sixty-four thousand dollar question, smile a thousand smiles, the city of a thousand windows, thousandaire, tenthousandaire, thousander, thousandfold, thousand-headed cabbage, Thousand Islands, thousand-leaf, thousand-legged worm, thousand-legger, thousand-legs, thousand-mile stare, thousand pardons, thousandsome, thousandth, thousand-yard stare, thousand yard stare, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, two thousand and late, upper ten thousand, yearthousand- Coordinate terms
- million, milliard, thousand million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion