thousand
[noun]
Synonyms: scad, gob(s), heap, jillion, load(s), million, oodles, quantities, ream(s), trillion

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

thou‧sand /ˈθaʊzənd/ number (plural thousand or thousands)
[Language: Old English; Origin: thusend]

1. the number 1,000:
a journey of almost a thousand miles
two/three/four etc thousand
five thousand dollars
The company employs 30 thousand people.

2. an extremely large number of things or people
a thousand
I’ve been this route a thousand times before.
thousands of
There are thousands of things I want to do.
—thousandth adjective:
the thousandth anniversary of the founding of the city
—thousandth noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

thousand
number
Using numbers
Day, month, minute, mile, kilo etc are always SINGULAR when used (with a number) immediately before a noun: ‘a six-minute wait’, ‘a ten-second silence’, ‘a five-mile race’.
My travel agent had arranged a 6-day coach tour.
The company provides a three-month training course.
Compare: ‘We waited for thirty minutes: ‘We had a thirty-minute wait.’
When you say 100, 1000 etc , or write these numbers in words, use a hundred, a thousand (WITH a ):
The palace was build a thousand years ago.
Compare: ‘The palace was built 1000 years ago.’
For emphasis or to be exact, it is possible to use one instead of a :
I am one hundred percent against the idea.
After a/one/five/twelve etc , the words hundred, thousand, etc are always SINGULAR and are NOT followed by of :
Five hundred children are born in the city every day.
More than three thousand people were there.
Similarly, of is NOT used after 100, 250, 3000 etc:
If you kill 200 whales a year, they will soon disappear.
Hundreds (of), thousands (of) etc are used only when you give a general idea of how many or how much: ‘There were hundreds of stars in the sky.’ ‘They’ve spent thousands (of pounds) on improvements to the house.’
Use and between hundred and the next number. (In American English, and is often omitted, especially in formal styles.)
BrE The club has about a hundred and thirty members.
AmE The club has about a hundred (and) thirty members.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

thousand
ˈθauzənd
See: by the dozen or by the thousand

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