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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7.
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Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the
Note under Hundred.
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3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or
CI[Crev].
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thousand \Thou"sand\, a.
1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
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2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
"Perplexed with a thousand cares." --Shak.
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WordNet 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]

Moby Dictionary
G , M , a billion , a crore , a lakh , a million , a myriad , a nonillion ,
a quadrillion , a thousand , a zillion , billion , chiliad , chiliagon ,
chiliahedron , chiliarch , chiliarchia , considerable , ever so many ,
full many , gobs , grand , heap , heaped-up , jillion , kilo , kilocycle ,
kilogram , kilohertz , kiloliter , kilometer , lakh , loads , many ,
millennium , millepede , milligram , milliliter , million ,
multifarious , multifold , multiple , multitudinal , multitudinous ,
myriad , no few , not a few , numerous , one hundred thousand , oodles ,
quantities , quite some , ten thousand , thou , trillion , very many ,
yard , zillion