THOUSAND
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Thou"sand (?), n. [OE. þousend, þusend, AS. þ&ū;send; akin to OS. th&ū;sundig, th&ū;sind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t&ū;sunt, d&ū;sunt, Icel. þ&ū;sund, þ&ū;shund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. þ&ū;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.
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2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand.
Ps. xci. 7.
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&hand_; The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred.
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3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI&Crev_;.
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Thou"sand, a. 1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
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2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. “Perplexed with a thousand cares.” Shak.
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