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Meaning of "thousands" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THOUSANDS

thousands  [ˈθaʊzəndz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THOUSANDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thousands is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THOUSANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thousands in the English dictionary

The definition of thousands in the dictionary is a very large but unspecified number, amount, or quantitythousands of times. Other definition of thousands is the numbers 2000--9999.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THOUSANDS


diamonds
ˈdaɪəməndz
Highlands
ˈhaɪləndz
Hollands
ˈhɒləndz
Islands
ˈaɪləndz
Lowlands
ˈləʊləndz
Midlands
ˈmɪdləndz
Netherlands
ˈnɛðələndz
Newlands
ˈnjuːləndz
seconds
ˈsekəndz
Symonds
ˈsɪməndz
uplands
ˈʌpləndz
viands
ˈvaɪəndz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THOUSANDS

thought-reader
thoughted
thoughten
thoughtful
thoughtfully
thoughtfulness
thoughtless
thoughtlessly
thoughtlessness
thoughts
thoughtway
thousand
Thousand and One Nights
Thousand Guineas
Thousand Island
Thousand Island dressing
Thousand Islands
thousand-jacket
thousandfold
thousandth

WORDS THAT END LIKE THOUSANDS

bands
British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
hands
hundreds and thousands
in good hands
lands
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
mother-of-thousands
sands
shifting sands
Solomon Islands
the Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Synonyms and antonyms of thousands in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thousands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THOUSANDS

Find out the translation of thousands to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thousands from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thousands» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

数千
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

miles
570 millions of speakers

English

thousands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हजारों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الآلاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тысяч
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

milhares
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাজার হাজার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

des milliers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beribu-ribu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tausende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

何千人も
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수천
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ewu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hàng ngàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆயிரக்கணக்கான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हजारो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

binlerce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

migliaia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tysięcy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тисяч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χιλιάδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duisende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tusentals
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tusenvis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thousands

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THOUSANDS»

The term «thousands» is very widely used and occupies the 2.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THOUSANDS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thousands» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thousands» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thousands

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10 QUOTES WITH «THOUSANDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thousands.
1
George Matthew Adams
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
2
Barbara de Angelis
Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
3
Piers Anthony
No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.
4
Banksy
I give away thousands of paintings for free.
5
Dave Barry
It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.
6
Barbara Block
White sharks and tuna travel for thousands of miles before returning to the same hot spot just as salmon do when they return to the same stream. These journeys are the marine equivalent of wildebeest migrations that take place on the Serengeti plain in Africa.
7
Dan Brown
Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.
8
Robert Burns
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
9
Kim Campbell
Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families.
10
David Crystal
The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOUSANDS»

Discover the use of thousands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thousands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Thousands, Not Billions: Challenging an Icon of Evolution : ...
This book summarizes the research and results of the eight-year project titled Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE).
Donald B. DeYoung, 2005
2
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in ...
Many Thousands Gone traces the evolution of black society from the first arrivals in the early seventeenth century through the Revolution.
Ira Berlin, 2009
3
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin
" As Thousands Cheer, winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, explores with precision and sensitivity Berlin's long, prolific career; his self-doubt and late-blooming misanthropy; and the tyrannical control he exerted over his ...
Laurence Bergreen, 1996
4
Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1966, after the legendary artist and writer Emily Carr died in 1945, Hundreds and Thousands consists of her journals from 1927 to 1941.
Emily Carr, Gerta Moray, 2006
5
How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands: Without ...
This Atlantic Publishing eBook was professionally written, edited, fact checked, proofed and designed. The print version of this book is 288 pages and you receive exactly the same content.
Tracy Leigh, 2007
6
Song of the Ten Thousands
A young boy of mixed ancestry, abandoned by his parents, comes to live with his wildly eccentric aunt and uncle in rural Michigan.
Lan Yan, 2009
7
Thousands of Images, Now What: Painlessly Organize, Save, ...
This incredibly helpful book answers such common questions as: how should I manage the sheer volume of images? How can I make sure my pictures are safely backed-up?
Mike Hagen, 2012
8
Thousands... Not Billions: Challenging an Icon of Evolution ...
Not Billions. This book summarizes eight years of research by the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) and a team of scientists, whose goal was to explore the age of the earth from a biblical perspective.
Dr. Donald DeYoung, 2005
9
The Mercifully Brief, Real World Guide to Raising Thousands ...
Perhaps you're skeptical.After reading the title of this book, you're saying: “Sure, Red Cross and Salvation Army can raise tons of money with email, but my agency isn't a brand name.
Madeline Stanionis, 2006
10
Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of ...
There is—and Dale Stephens is proof of that. In Hacking Your Education, Stephens speaks to a new culture of “hackademics” who think college diplomas are antiquated.
Dale J. Stephens, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THOUSANDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thousands is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Thousands protest Iran nuke deal in Times Square
Thousands of protesters flooded Times Square Wednesday to rally against President Obama's controversial Iran nuclear arms deal. Organizers of the “Stop Iran ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
2
Confederate flag rally draws thousands, sparks gunfire in Florida
Thousands of people have rallied in central Florida in support of flying the Confederate flag. Police estimated 2,000 vehicles, mostly motorcycles and trucks ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
3
NYC Plan Will End Bail for Thousands of Low-Level Offenders
On Wednesday, New York City officials announced a plan to eliminate bail for thousands of low-level or non-violent offenders. According to the Associated Press ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Thousands Evacuated in Indonesia After Volcano Starts Spewing …
Thousands of people living in the vicinity of a volcano on Indonesia's island of Sumatra have been evacuated from their homes after it began erupting. «TIME, Jun 15»
5
Thousands of gay rights supporters march through Warsaw in 15th …
WARSAW, Poland – Thousands of activists have marched in scorching weather in Warsaw's 15th yearly "Equality Parade," confirming a growing public support ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
6
Thousands rally in Honduras calling for president to quit
Tegucigalpa (AFP) - Thousands of protesters marched through Honduras's capital demanding the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez over a ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
7
Thousands of tonnes of Yemen food aid diverted by fighting: UN …
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of tonnes of food aid for war-ravaged Yemen have been diverted from the port of Aden because of heavy ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
8
Venezuela opposition march draws thousands
Thousands of Venezuelans have held a peaceful march through the streets of the capital Caracas, calling for the release of opposition leaders who have been in ... «BBC News, May 15»
9
Landslide Blocks Nepal River, Thousands Flee
Thousands of panic-stricken villagers fled their homes fearing flash floods after an overnight landslide blocked a river in quake-hit Nepal's mountainous ... «Discovery News, May 15»
10
Thousands of patients of 3 Bergen County hospitals notified …
Thousands of emergency room patients at three Bergen County hospitals have been alerted that their personal information was stolen by a billing clerk in a data ... «NorthJersey.com, May 15»

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