What does “thousand” mean?
- 1
numberthe number 1,000
The concert hall holds two thousand people.
- 2
nounthousands: a very large number
Thousands of fans waited outside.
Thousand at a glance
- Part of speech
- number & noun
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /ˈθaʊzənd/ · THOW-zuhnd
How to use “thousand” correctly
After a number, don’t add “s”: “three thousand dollars”, not “three thousands dollars”.
Common phrases with “thousand”
- a thousand
- thousands of
- two thousand
Idioms with “thousand”
- A picture is worth a thousand words: An image can explain something more quickly and clearly than a long description.