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English Dictionary: thousand	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thousand adj denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units Synonym(s): thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, k n the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thousand \Thou"sand\, n. [OE. [thorn]ousend, [thorn]usend, AS. [thorn][umac]send; akin to OS. th[umac]sundig, th[umac]sind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t[umac]sunt, d[umac]sunt, Icel. [thorn][umac]sund, [thorn][umac]shund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. [thorn][umac]sundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.] 1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects. 2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7. Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under {Hundred}. 3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI[Crev].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thousand \Thou"sand\, a. 1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred. 2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. [bd]Perplexed with a thousand cares.[b8] --Shak.