The meaning of THOUSAND is a number equal to 10 times 100. How to use thousand in a sentence.
THOUSAND definition: 1. the number 1,000: 2. a large number: 3. numbers between 1,000 and 1,000,000: . Learn more.
Word forms: thousands language note: The plural form is thousand after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as 'several' or 'a few'.
A thousand or one thousand is the number 1,000. You can say that there are a thousand things or one thousand things. We'll give you a thousand dollars for the story. There was a ship about one thousand yards off shore. Be Careful!
Unlike cardinal numerals such as ten or ninety-nine (where one can say e.g. there were ten men present), the word thousand is a noun like dozen and needs a determiner or another numeral to function as a numeral: one cannot say * there were thousand men present, but must say:
Mathematics thousands. the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: Property damage was in the thousands. a great number or amount. Also, thou′sand's place′. Mathematics (in a mixed number) the position of the fourth digit to the left of the decimal point.
A thousand, written as 1,000, is a natural number that follows the number 999, and precedes the number 1,001. It can also be written as 10 3, in scientific notation as 1 × 10 3, or in a number of other ways, such as roman numerals.
THOUSAND definition: a cardinal number, 10 times 100. See examples of thousand used in a sentence.