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thousand | millenary |

As a numeral thousand

is (cardinal) a numerical value equal to = 10 × 100 = 103.

As an adjective millenary is

of or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.

thousand

English

Alternative forms

* Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: M * ISO prefix: kilo- * Exponential notation: 103

Numeral

(en noun)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to = 10 × 100 = 103
  • The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.
    Many thousands of people came to the conference.

    Usage notes

    Unlike cardinal numerals up to ninety-nine'', the word ''thousand'' is a noun like ''dozen and needs a determiner to function as a numeral. * a thousand''' men / one '''thousand''' men / the '''thousand men * compare a dozen men / one dozen men / the dozen men * compare ten men / the ten men Thousand'' can be used also in plurals. It doesn't take ''-s when preceded by a determiner. * two thousand''' men / some '''thousand men * thousands''' of men / hundreds of '''thousands of men

    Synonyms

    * (numerical) a thousand, one thousand *

    Derived terms

    * hundreds and thousands, mother of thousands, Thousand Islands, thousandfold, thousandth, thousandaire

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    * * English numerals

    millenary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.
  • Of or pertaining to a millennium; millenarian.
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
  • Surely, this operation hath this millenary doctrine had upon the hearts of men, that, though they are thereupon apt to expect an appropinquation of their Saviour for their happy advantage, yet they resolutely put off the thought of his coming to the general judgment of the world for many generations.

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