Meaning of the word thousand in English

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thousand

US /ˈθaʊ.zənd/

UK /ˈθaʊ.zənd/

the number equivalent to the product of 10 and 100; 1,000.

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The city has a population of over a thousand.

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He earned ten thousand dollars last year.

a very large number of things or people.

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There were thousands of people at the concert.

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I have a thousand things to do today.

Synonym:

myriad multitude legion countless

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