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(), n.[OE. ousend, usend, AS. send; akin to OS. thsundig, thsind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tsunt, dsunt, Icel. sund, shund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. sundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.] 1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects. 2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7. The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred. 3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI. Thou"sand a. 1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred. 2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares." Shak. スポンサード リンク
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