thousand

thousand meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of thousand in a sentence

• Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity.1889, Charles Taze Russell, The Time Is At Hand, Allegheny, PA: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, published 1907, →OCLC, →OL, page 36:
• The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year.1995, John December, quoting Craig Jackson, The World Wide Web Unleashed, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.net, →ISBN, page 450:
• And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities.2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving...

All 40 example sentences with thousand

Synonyms of thousand

• nillion
• illion
• one thousand
• one nillion
• one illion
• a thousand
• a nillion
• an illion
• ten hundred

All synonyms of thousand

Forms of thousand

Origin of thousand

From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).

Words formed from thousand

• one thousand
• one thousand and one
• thousand and one
• thousand one
• two thousand
• three thousand
• four thousand
• five thousand
• six thousand
• seven thousand
• eight thousand
• nine thousand
• ten thousand
• one hundred thousand
• hundred thousand
• thousand million
• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
• an image is worth a thousand words
• a picture is worth a thousand words
• a picture paints a thousand words
• bat a thousand
• bat one thousand
• death by a thousand cuts
• death by a thousand paper cuts
• die a thousand deaths
• hundreds and thousands
• land of a thousand hills
• let a thousand flowers bloom
• long thousand
• mother of thousands
• over nine thousand
• sixty-four thousand dollar question
• smile a thousand smiles
• the city of a thousand windows
• thousandaire
• tenthousandaire
• thousander
• thousandfold
• thousand-headed cabbage
• Thousand Islands
• thousand-leaf
• thousand-legged worm
• thousand-legger
• thousand-legs
• thousand-mile stare
• thousand pardons
• thousandsome
• thousandth
• thousand-yard stare
• thousand yard stare
• thousand-year egg
• thousand-year-old egg
• two thousand and late
• upper ten thousand
• yearthousand

Phrases with thousand

• a thousand
• Thousand Oaks
• Thousand Palms
• bats a thousand
• Thousand Island
• bats one thousand
• batted a thousand
• batting a thousand
• thousand yard stares
• died a thousand deaths
• dies a thousand deaths
• dying a thousand deaths

Questions about thousand

What does thousand mean?

Thousand means a numerical value equal to 1,000; ten times a hundred (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation).

What is thousand in Hindi?

Thousand in Hindi is हज़ार (hazār), सहस्र (sahasra), १०००. See Thousand meaning in Hindi.

How do you use thousand in a sentence?

Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity.

What part of speech is thousand?

Thousand is a numeral.

How do you pronounce thousand?

Thousand is pronounced /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/ (UK).