thousand

Meanings

• Noun

  A large number, equal to one thousand.

  - "There are one thousand students in the school."
  - "The price of the product is one thousand dollars."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

a thousand , one thousand

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with thousand
ground , sound , pound , hound

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Variants

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1000 , thousand , thousandfold , thousands , thousandth , thousandths , Thousand Island dressing , Thousand Island dressings , thousand-legger , thousand-leggers , Thousand Islands , Saint Lawrence Islands National Park , Thousand Islands National Park , Thousand Oaks , Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes , a picture is worth a thousand words , bat a thousand , never in a billion years , never in a million years , never in a thousand years , never/not in a thousand/million/billion years , not in a billion years , not in a million years , not in a thousand years

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Etymology

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The term 'thousand' originated from the Old English word 'thusend' or 'thusendes', which is derived from 'thous' meaning 'three' and 'hund' meaning 'hundred'.

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Trivia

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1. A thousand seconds is equal to 16 minutes and 40 seconds.

2. The term 'thousand' is used to denote large numbers in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian.

3. The number one thousand is a Harshad number, meaning it can be expressed as the sum of its divisors, excluding the number itself.

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Related Concepts

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1. Million: A million is equal to one thousand thousands or one million thousand.

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Culture

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In various cultures, the number one thousand holds significant importance. For instance, in Chinese culture, the number one thousand is considered a lucky number, while in Hinduism, the Vedas mention the concept of 'one thousand' as a symbol of completeness.

How to Memorize "thousand"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a stack of one hundred bundles of one hundred notes each. A thousand is the total number of notes.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the number with a thousand-petaled lotus flower.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the phrase 'ten hundreds and one hundred' to remember a thousand.

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