thou·sand 
/ˈθaʊzənd/ noun
plural thou·sands /ˈθaʊzənd/ noun 1 plural thousand [count] : the number 1,000
▪ a/one thousand (of them) ▪ a thousand and one = one thousand and one = (chiefly US) a thousand one [=1,001] ▪ two thousand (of them) 2 thousands [plural] : an amount that is more than 2,000
▪ Thousands (and thousands) of people visited the shrine. 3 [count] : a very large number — usually plural ▪ I've done this thousands of times. [=many times]
▪ a/one thousand (of them) ▪ a thousand and one = one thousand and one = (chiefly US) a thousand one [=1,001] ▪ two thousand (of them)
▪ Thousands (and thousands) of people visited the shrine.
a picture is worth a thousand words — see 1worth
bat a thousand — see 2bat
never/not in a thousand years — see year
— thousand adjective always used before a noun
▪ a thousand miles [=1,000 miles] ▪ a thousand dollars/years/times
▪ a thousand miles [=1,000 miles] ▪ a thousand dollars/years/times
— thousands pronoun
▪ Thousands protested the convention.
▪ Thousands protested the convention.
— thou·sandth /ˈθaʊzəndθ/ noun, plural thou·sandths [count]
▪ a/one thousandth of a second = one one-thousandths of a second [=1/1000 second]
/ˈθaʊzəndθ/ noun, plural thou·sandths [count] ▪ a/one thousandth of a second = one one-thousandths of a second [=1/1000 second]
— thousandth adjective
▪ the thousandth person to join
▪ the thousandth person to join
