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| thou·sand [ thówz'nd ] |
noun (plural thou·sand or thou·sands) |
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1. 1,000: the number 1,000
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2. fourth digit to left of decimal: the fourth digit to the left of the decimal point in the decimal number system
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3. large number: a very large number or amount
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informal
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  must have told him a thousand times
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plural noun thou·sands |
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very many: a very large but unspecified number
sold thousands of copies
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| [ Old English þūsend< Germanic, "swollen hundred"< Indo-European, "to swell"] |
