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One thousand has three zeros.
What does Thousand mean?
the number 1,000.
Dictionary definition
Thousand means the number 1,000, or a group or amount made of one thousand things.
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Thousand in a sentence
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The school collected more than a thousand cans for the food drive.
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In math, students learn how place value changes when numbers reach the thousands.
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What does thousand mean?
Thousand means 1,000, which is ten hundreds.
Practice 2
Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to thousand?
1,000 is the numeral form of thousand.
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WordThousand.
Partnoun, adjective.
MeaningThousand means the number 1,000.
ExampleExample: One thousand has three zeros.
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- thow · zund
- Strongest beat
- thow
- Ending
- zund
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- Put a little extra energy on thow.
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Synonyms
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one thousandThe full number name for 1,000.
1,000The numeral form of thousand.
grandA casual word that can mean one thousand in money contexts.
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thousand
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thousand
The number 1,000.
noun
thousands
More than one group of one thousand.
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