1000
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100: This is the numerical value representing one thousand units. It is written as 1,000 or one thousand.
Adjective:
- Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units: Used to describe a specific count or amount equal to one thousand.
Noun:
- The stadium can hold over one thousand people.
- She won a prize of one thousand dollars.
Adjective:
- The library has a thousand books in its collection.
- He walked a thousand miles to get here.
"A thousand and one": Used to emphasize a very large number, often more than literally one thousand.
- I have a thousand and one things to do today.
"One in a thousand": Used to describe something or someone exceptionally rare or excellent.
- Her talent is one in a thousand.
Thousandth (adj, n): The ordinal number for 1,000; one of a thousand equal parts.
- This is the thousandth edition of the newspaper.
- A millimeter is one thousandth of a meter.
Thousands (n): An indefinite but very large number.
- Thousands of people attended the concert.
- K (informal, especially in finance and computing): Often used as an abbreviation for thousand.
- He earns 50K a year.
- Grand (slang, especially for money): Sometimes used to mean a thousand dollars or pounds.
- The car cost me ten grand.
By the thousand(s): In very large numbers.
- Protesters arrived by the thousand.
A thousand times: An expression meaning "very many times" or "repeatedly," often used for emphasis.
- I've told you a thousand times to be careful.
Picture is worth a thousand words: A visual image can convey complex ideas more effectively than a verbal description.
- As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Bat a thousand: To be perfectly successful. (Originates from baseball, where a batting average of 1.000 is perfect.)
- So far this season, our sales team is batting a thousand.
- denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100