ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THOUSAND
Old English thūsend; related to Old Saxon thūsind, Old High German thūsunt, Old Norse thūsund.
WHAT DOES THOUSAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of thousand in the English dictionary
The first definition of thousand in the dictionary is a numeral, 1000, 10³, M, etc, representing this number. Other definition of thousand is a very large but unspecified number, amount, or quantity. Thousand is also the numbers 2000–9999.
10 QUOTES WITH «THOUSAND»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
thousand.
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand.
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.
One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must carry out those we that understand as well as those we don't.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.
Fifty thousand people in Mexico have been murdered. Puerto Penasco, 60 miles south of our border, just had five people and a police officer killed. That is like part of Arizona, and it is spilling over into our state.
Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.
I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know how to win and lose. There's a thousand kids outside, you know who to push and who not to push. There's a sixth sense you develop just because it's New York.
The work of deciding cases goes on every day in hundreds of courts throughout the land. Any judge, one might suppose, would find it easy to describe the process which he had followed a thousand times and more. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOUSAND»
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thousand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thousand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
One
Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Drawing heartbreaking beauty out of the simplest of details, Ann Voskamp invites you into her grace-bathed life of farming, parenting, and writing---and deeper still into your own life.
2
A
Thousand Splendid Suns
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed.
_A rare and remarkable book.' Times Literary Supplement Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII.
Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, 2004
4
The Hero with a
Thousand Faces
Discusses the universal legend of the hero in world mythology, focusing on the motif of the hero's journey through adventure and transformation.
5
Six
Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
Six Thousand Years of Bread is a brilliant celebration of bread and the remarkable role it has played throughout human history.
6
A Million Miles in a
Thousand Years: What I Learned While ...
Guided by a host of outlandish but very real characters, Miller shows us how to get a second chance at life the first time around. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is a rare celebration of the beauty of life.
7
Death by a
Thousand Cuts
By examining these works in light of European conventions associated with despotic government, Christian martyrdom, and ecstatic suffering, the authors unpack the stereotype of innate Chinese cruelty and explore the mixture of fascination ...
Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue, 2008
8
One
Thousand and One Nights
The Arab world's greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh, published to coincide with the world tour of a magnificent musical and theatrical production directed by Tim Supple
Hanan Al-Shaykh, Ḥanān Shaykh, 2011
9
Death by a
Thousand Cuts: The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth
This fast-paced book by Yale professors Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro unravels the following mystery: How is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of ...
Michael J. Graetz, Ian Shapiro, 2011
10
The
Thousand and One Nights
In this book, Muhsin Mahdi, whose critical edition of the text brought so much praise, explores the complex literary history of the "Nights," bringing to fruition the search for the archetype that constituted the core of the surviving ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THOUSAND»
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thousand is used in the context of the following news items.
Infidelity Is Steeped In Suspense In 'Among The Ten Thousand Things'
Talk about opening with a bang: at the beginning of Julia Pierpont's debut novel, Among the Ten Thousand Things, an 11-year-old girl named Kay Shanley ... «NPR, Jul 15»
Qualcomm preparing to lay off several thousand employees: tech …
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc is preparing to lay off several thousand employees, or more than 10 percent of its 30,000-strong workforce, the Information website ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
Alleged chemist dupes Thousand Oaks cancer patient out of …
The 50-year-old traveled from her Thousand Oaks home last month to see Gammill at his office in Richmond, California. The visit cost her $2,000. After spending ... «KABC-TV, Jul 15»
A Thousand Horses Go to Court in '(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial' Video …
Today marks the release of A Thousand Horses' debut album, Southernality, on Republic Records. And to celebrate the release, the Nashville band have ... «Radio.com Music and Entertainment News, Jun 15»
Thousand Oaks doctor, husband arrested in death of elderly patient
A Thousand Oaks doctor and her husband were arrested in connection to the death of ... as House Call Doctor from their personal residence in Thousand Oaks. «KABC-TV, May 15»
Cara Delevingne to star in Valerian And The City Of A Thousand …
Cara Delevingne to take starring role in comic book adaptation Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets as director Luc Besson confirms her casting. «Daily Mail, May 15»
Thousand Islands shipping halted after sugar freighter runs aground …
A Coast Guard boat circles the freighter Juno, which ran aground near the Thousand Islands Bridge early Monday morning. The vessel, carrying sugar to ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Apr 15»
Sundance Review: 'Ten Thousand Saints' Starring Ethan Hawke …
While they've put in great work in the meantime, their latest, the excellent “Ten Thousand Saints,” is a roaring return to the fest that made their name. Adapted ... «Indie Wire, Jan 15»
'Death by a Thousand Cuts' memo to Harper questions …
The memorandum — headlined “Death by a Thousand Cuts: How governments undermine their own productivity” — laid out arguments from an Australian, ... «National Post, Nov 14»
Juliette Binoche talks about A Thousand Times Good Night
While recently discussing her latest role as a top war photographer in the film A Thousand Times Good Night, which opened in Toronto this weekend, she found ... «Toronto Star, Oct 14»
