thousand

/ˈθaʊzənd/
adjective
  1. Numbering 1,000; amounting to one thousand.
    • The thousand-page book took months to read.
    • A thousand-year-old tree stood in the forest.
    • They celebrated their thousandth customer with a party.
  2. Very many; countless.
    • There are a thousand different ways to cook rice.
    • He made a thousand tiny adjustments to the machine.
    • She had a thousand reasons to be happy.
noun
  1. The number 1,000; ten hundred.
    • The ancient army had over a thousand soldiers.
    • There were about a thousand people at the concert.
    • She saved a thousand dollars for her trip.
  2. A large but unspecified number; many.
    • He had a thousand ideas for the project.
    • I've told you a thousand times to clean your room.
    • Thousands of fans lined up to see the movie star.
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