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1000s

1000s noun: the decade from 1000 to 1009.

Noun

1000s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from 1000 to 1009.
  2. (plural, plural-only) The century from 1000 to 1099.
  3. (plural, plural-only, rare) The millennium from 1000 to 1999.
    • What Roman numeral might you find in the cornerstone of a building built in the year 2000? MM – the mark of the new millennium, a move from the 1000s to the 2000s.1999, Larry Dane Brimner, The Official M&M’s Book of the Millennium, Charlesbridge, →ISBN
    • The current four-phase American cycle started in the days immediately following World War II with the First Turning of the Millennial Cycle, so named because it would bridge America from one millennium (the 1000s) to the next (the 2000s).2009, Tom Osenton, “Repeating Cycles in American History”, in Boomer Density: Leading the U.S. through the Worst Crisis Since the Great Depression, Westport, Conn.; London: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN...

Phrases with 1000s

Questions about 1000s

What does 1000s mean?
1000s means the decade from 1000 to 1009.
What part of speech is 1000s?
1000s is a noun.

Words near 1000s in the dictionary

  1. 10000 metres
  2. 10000-gon
  3. 10000-gons
  4. 1000000-gon
  5. 1000000-gons
  6. 1000s
  7. 1000th
  8. 100s
  9. 100s & 1000s
  10. 100s and 1000s
  11. 100th

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