five thousand

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Definition of five thousand in English English dictionary

5,000

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Feeding of the Five Thousand

a story from the Bible in which Jesus performs a miracle by providing food for 5000 people with only five loaves of bread and two fish. People sometimes use this phrase humorously to talk about a situation in which they have to provide a meal for a lot of people

Hyphenation

five thou·sand

Turkish pronunciation

fayv thauzın

Pronunciation

/ˈfīv ˈᴛʜouzən/ /ˈfaɪv ˈθaʊzən/