Category:Thousand

Thou"sand, n. Etym: [oe. þousend, þusend, as. þusend; akin to os. Thusundig, thusind, ofries. thusend, d. duizend, g. tausend, ohg. t, D, icel. þusund, þushund, sw. tusen, dan. tusind, goth. þusundi, 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.

2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right Hand. Ps. xci. 7.

Note: the word thousand often takes a plural form. See the note under Hundred.

3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, m or ci.

Thousand Thou"sand, a.

1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "perplexed with A thousand cares." Shak.