Synonyms for thousands

Grammar : Noun

Spell : thou-zuh nd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈθaʊ zənd

Définition of thousands

Origin : Old English þusend, from Proto-Germanic *thusundi (cf. Old Frisian thusend, Dutch duizend, Old High German dusunt, German tausend, Old Norse þusund, Gothic þusundi).
Related to words in Balto-Slavic (cf. Lithuanian tukstantis, Old Church Slavonic tysashta, Polish tysiąc, Czech tisic), and probably ultimately a compound with indefinite meaning "several hundred" or "a great multitude" (with first element perhaps related to Sanskrit tawas "strong, force").
Used to translate Greek khilias, Latin mille, hence the refinement into the precise modern meaning. There was no general Indo-European word for "thousand." Slang shortening thou first recorded 1867. Thousand island dressing (1916) is presumably named for the region of New York on the St. Lawrence River.

noun pertaining to 1000

Example sentences :

This system, once invented, was developed during thousands of years.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

There are thousands of them in use on rifles, but they've never been able to use them on revolvers before.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

I had handled thousands and thousands before, and never felt that way.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

The Malakand garrison was being overwhelmed by thousands of tribesmen.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Thousands of animals drank from it daily; and after drinking had stood or wallowed in it.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Of all the thousands that began the fight, there were only five left standing.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hundreds, if not thousands, were in the hospital, and a large proportion died.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

I lost by hundreds and thousands; and so will he, before he is aware of it, no doubt.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

She said he had thousands of them, but I suppose he had not so many.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

But I can't go on with the quotation unless I turn it into 'You're slave to thousands.'
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

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