thousand
part of speech
number; noun (a thousand, thousands)
meaning for a pupil
1) A thousand is the number 1,000: ten hundreds. tree →
2) Thousands, or a thousand, can mean a very large number, not counted exactly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, a thousand is a place value: in 4,326 the 4 means four thousands. 10 × 100 = 1,000; 1,000 × 1,000 = one million. A kilometre is a thousand metres and a kilogram is a thousand grams. Large numbers are grouped in threes. In stories, «a thousand times» means very many times. Phrases: «a thousand», «one thousand», «thousands of», «in their thousands», «a thousand times».
examples
- and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- and thirty and six thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.44, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. (Writings EZR.2.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about. (Prophets EZK.48.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. (Writings EZR.2.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are a thousand metres in a kilometre. tree →
- Two thousand people came to the match. tree →
- Write three thousand and five in digits: 3,005. tree →
- Thousands of birds flew south. tree →
- I've told you a thousand times! tree →
- The castle is about a thousand years old. tree →
- Round 4,672 to the nearest thousand: 5,000. tree →
- A thousand grams make one kilogram. tree →
- In a thousand years they will come! tree →
note
After a number, «thousand» has no -s: «five thousand», not «five thousands». «Thousands of» is used without a number before it. In maths problems «a thousand» = 1,000 and «thousands» as a place value is the fourth digit from the right. In the UK, 1,000 may be written 1 000 or 1000; the comma is a separator, not a decimal point.
In the corpora
- And when it rested, he said: 'Return, O LORD, unto the ten thousands of the families of Israel.'
- So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.'
- And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
- And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «thousand» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.