thousand

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/ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/

num 1

Collocations

ADJ.

expected, last

The last thousand people in line finally got their tickets after waiting all day.

VERB + THOUSAND

batting, cost, draw, earned, folds, pay, seat, told

The new kitchen renovation will cost a thousand dollars more than we budgeted.

THOUSAND + NOUN

addition, dollars, month, paper, people, sadako, travelers', years

The company received over a thousand dollars in donations from generous customers last year.

PREP.

from, in

There were thousands of people in the stadium waiting for the concert to start.

ADV.

nearly

Nearly a thousand people showed up to the concert last night.

Definitions

num

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

adjective — denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

a picture paints a thousand words

Alternative form of a picture is worth a thousand words.

If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you; The words will never show The you I've come to know.

bat a thousand

To reach first base on every at-bat.

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point.

It has often been said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We have made many steps in our journey towards the republic, and perhaps are closer to our dest

a picture is worth a thousand words

A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.

let a thousand flowers bloom

One should not interfere with promising developments in their early stages.

It is probably safe to say that each year thousands of workers are victims of what might be called the “let a thousand flowers bloom” maneuver, formulated by Mao Tse-tung when he c

Example Bank

The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.

Wiktionary

Many thousands of people came to the conference.

Wiktionary

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 bring

Wiktionary

One hundred and fifty thousand couples are expected to get married in Shanghai in 2006.

Tatoeba · #1730

A thousand yen is owed to you.

Tatoeba · #17573

Please draw a hundred thousand yen from the bank.

Tatoeba · #18454

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