thousand : Idioms & Phrases
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hundred thousand
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noun the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
lakh; 100000.
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adjective satellite (in Roman numerals, C written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 100,000 items or units
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mother-of-thousands
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noun eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons
strawberry saxifrage; Saxifraga sarmentosam; Saxifraga stolonifera; strawberry geranium.
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one thousand
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noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
yard; G; thou; thousand; grand; M; chiliad; K; 1000.
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adjective satellite denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
thousand; m; k; 1000.
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one thousand million
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noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
billion; 1000000000.
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one thousand thousand
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noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
meg; million; 1000000.
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ten thousand
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noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
myriad; 10000.
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adjective satellite denoting a quantity consisting of 10,000 items or units
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thousand and one nights
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noun a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
Arabian Nights; Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
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thousand island dressing
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noun mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg
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thousand legs
Thou"sand legs`
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(Zoöl.) A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm .
Webster 1913
thousand times
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adverb by three orders of magnitude
thousand times.
- this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic
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thousand-fold
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adverb by three orders of magnitude
thousand times.
- this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic
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Upper ten thousand , ∨ (abbreviated) Upper ten
- the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. Colloq.
