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thousand |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thousand \Thou"sand\, n. [OE. [thorn]ousend, [thorn]usend, AS [thorn][=u]send; akin to OS th[=u]sundig, th[=u]sind, OFries thusend D. duizend G. tausend OHG. t[=u]sunt, d[=u]sunt, Icel. [thorn][=u]sund, [thorn][=u]shund, Sw tusen Dan. tusind Goth. [thorn][=u]sundi, Lith. tukstantis Russ. tuisiacha of uncertain origin.] 1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects. 2. Hence indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7. Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form See the Note under {Hundred}. 3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as 1,000, M or CI[Crev]. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thousand \Thou"sand\, a. 1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred. 2. Hence consisting of a great number indefinitely. ``Perplexed with a thousand cares.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thousand adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units [syn: {a thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {m}, {k}] n : the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: {one thousand}, {1000}, {M}, {K}, {chiliad}, {G}, {grand}, {thou}, {yard}]
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