thousands

Meanings

• Noun

  A large number, equal to one thousand.

  - "There are thousands of books in the library."
  - "The population of the city is over thousands."

• Prefix

  A prefix denoting a large number, equal to one thousand.

  - "Thousands of soldiers marched in formation."
  - "A thousand-dollar bill is a large denomination."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with thousands
plunders , mounders , sounders

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Variants

List of all variants of thousands that leads to same result
1000 , thousand , thousandfold , thousands , thousandth , thousandths , thousands place , thousands places

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Etymology

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Old English 'thusend' from 'thousen' (meaning 'an army') + 'and' + 'hund' (meaning 'hundred'.

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Trivia

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1. A thousand is equal to 1,000.

2. A thousand is a large number, but it is relatively small compared to a million or a billion.

3. The term 'thousand' comes from Old English 'thusend', which means 'an army'.

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Related Concepts

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

2. Billion: A billion is one thousand million or one thousand thousand thousand.

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Culture

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Thousands is a large number and is significant in various cultures and literature. In mathematics, it is a base used in numeral systems. In literature, it is often used to represent a large number or a multitude.

How to Memorize "thousands"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a stack of one thousand objects, such as pancakes or coins.

2. associate
   

   - Think of thousands as a large group of hundreds.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Thousands Have Ten And Several Hundreds' to remember the number of digits in a thousand.

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