THOUSAND

thousand. Thousand, n. and a. ten hundred, a great many

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Thou″sand (?), n. [[OE. þousend, þusend, AS. þūsend; akin to OS. thūsundig, thūsind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tūsunt, dūsunt, Icel. þūsund, þūshund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. þūsundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]] 1. 1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
2. 2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7. ☞ The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred. 3. 3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CIↃ.