a thousand

Definition of a thousand in English English dictionary
thousand: A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 103
Many thousands of people came to the conference.
thousand: {n} ten hundred, a great many
thousand: {s} numbering 1000
thousand: {i} number 1000
thousand: a thousand and one: see one. thousand flowers Ten Thousand Smokes Valley of Thousand Islands Thousand and One Nights The
thousand: The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects
thousand: The plural form is thousand after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as `several' or `a few'
thousand: Roman symbols
thousand: Symbolic: 1000
thousand: A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI&Crev
thousand: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
thousand: Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely
thousand: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
thousand: ISO prefix: kilo-
thousand: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
thousand: Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred
thousand: emphasis If you refer to thousands of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them. Thousands of refugees are packed into over-crowded towns and villages You can also use thousands as a pronoun. Hundreds have been killed in the fighting and thousands made homeless
thousand: Hence, indefinitely, a great number
thousand: A thousand or one thousand is the number 1,000. five thousand acres Visitors can expect to pay about a thousand pounds a day