one thousand

Speech parts

1. one thousand - Noun

2. one thousand - Interjection

3. one thousand - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

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Examples

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. Imelda Marcos

Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life, than a single proprietor possessing a hundred thousand a year. Thomas Malthus

I could fall in love with a cruel desert that kills without passion, a canyon full of scorpions, one thousand blinding arctic storms, a century sealed in a cave, a river of molten salt flowing down my throat. But never with you. Henry Rollins

Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it. Lebanese Proverb

When one is really thirsty, one thousand pearls are not what is craved for at all. Persian Proverb

Swings like one thousand elk and one wolf. Finnish Proverb

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