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# thousand

number; noun (a thousand, thousands)

«thousand» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A thousand is the number 1,000: ten hundreds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#m1)
2. Thousands, or a thousand, can mean a very large number, not counted exactly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, a thousand is a place value: in 4,326 the 4 means four thousands. 10 × 100 = 1,000; 1,000 × 1,000 = one million. A kilometre is a thousand metres and a kilogram is a thousand grams. Large numbers are grouped in threes. In stories, «a thousand times» means very many times. Phrases: «a thousand», «one thousand», «thousands of», «in their thousands», «a thousand times».

### Examples

- There are a thousand metres in a kilometre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x1)
- Two thousand people came to the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x2)
- Write three thousand and five in digits: 3,005. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x3)
- Thousands of birds flew south. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x4)
- I've told you a thousand times! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x5)
- The castle is about a thousand years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x6)
- Round 4,672 to the nearest thousand: 5,000. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x7)
- A thousand grams make one kilogram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x8)
- In a thousand years they will come! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/#x9)

### Note

After a number, «thousand» has no -s: «five thousand», not «five thousands». «Thousands of» is used without a number before it. In maths problems «a thousand» = 1,000 and «thousands» as a place value is the fourth digit from the right. In the UK, 1,000 may be written 1 000 or 1000; the comma is a separator, not a decimal point.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths, a thousand is a place value: in 4,326 the 4 means four thousands. 10 × 100 = 1,000; 1,000 × 1,000 = one million. A kilometre is a thousand metres and a kilogram is a thousand grams. Large numbers are grouped in threes. In stories, «a thousand times» means very many times. Phrases: «a thousand», «one thousand», «thousands of», «in their thousands», «a thousand times».

### Examples

- and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thousand/#x1)
- and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thousand/#x2)
- and thirty and six thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.44, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thousand/#x3)
- The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. (Writings EZR.2.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thousand/#x4)
- It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about. (Prophets EZK.48.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thousand/#x5)
- The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. (Writings EZR.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thousand/#x6)

### Note

After a number, «thousand» has no -s: «five thousand», not «five thousands». «Thousands of» is used without a number before it. In maths problems «a thousand» = 1,000 and «thousands» as a place value is the fourth digit from the right. In the UK, 1,000 may be written 1 000 or 1000; the comma is a separator, not a decimal point.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thousand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thousand/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thousand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thousand.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «thousand» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thousand/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thousand» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thousand.html) on Mova free.