thousand Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
    yard; G; thou; grand; M; chiliad; one thousand; K; 1000.
  2. adjective satellite denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
    one thousand; m; k; 1000.

WordNet

Thou"sand noun
Etymology
OE. þousend, þusend, AS. þ&umac;send; akin to OS. th&umac;sundig, th&umac;sind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tsunt, dsunt, Icel. þ&umac;sund, þ&umac;shund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. þ&umac;sundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.
Definitions
  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.
    ✍ 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.
Thou"sand adjective
Definitions
  1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
  2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares." Shak.

Webster 1913