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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

thou·sand / ˈ[unvoicedth]ouzənd/ • cardinal number (pl. -sands / ˈ[unvoicedth]ouzndz/ or (with numeral or quantifying word) same) (a/one thousand) the number equivalent to the product of a hundred and ten; 1,000: a thousand meters two thousand acres thousands have been killed. (Roman numeral: m, M) ∎ (thousands) the numbers from one thousand to 9,999: the cost of repairs could be in the thousands. ∎ (usu. thousands) inf. an unspecified large number: you'll meet thousands of girls before you find the one you like I have imagined it a thousand times. DERIVATIVES: thou·sand·fold / -ˌfōld/ adj. & adv. thou·sandth / -zən(t)[unvoicedth]/ ordinal number .

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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

thousand Used either as a literal number in the OT (2 Kgs. 19: 35) or to express a long time (Ps. 90: 4) or a military unit (1 Sam. 8: 12). In the NT large numbers are reckoned in thousands (Mark 6: 44; Acts 2: 41; Rev. 21: 16, NRSV marg., NJB).

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

thousand OE. þūsend = OS. thūsundig (Du. duizend), OHG. thū-, dusunt (G. tausend), ON. þúsund, Goth. þūsundi :- Gmc. *þusundi; cogn. with Lith. túkstantis, OSl. tysęšta.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

thousand Thousand and One Nights another name for the Arabian Nights.
Thousand-Year Reich the German Third Reich (1933–45), as a regime envisaged by the Nazis as established for an indefinite period.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "thousand." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

thousand •unironed, viand •prebend •beribboned, riband •husband • house husband •unquestioned • escutcheoned •brigand, ligand •legend •fecund, second, split-second •millisecond • nanosecond •microsecond • rubicund • jocund •Langland • garland • parkland •Cartland, heartland •headland • Shetland • Lakeland •mainland •eland, Leland, Wieland, Zealand, Zeeland •Greenland • heathland • Cleveland •Friesland • Queensland • midland •England • Finland • Maryland •dryland, highland, island •Iceland • Holland • dockland •Scotland •foreland, Westmorland •Auckland, Falkland •Portland • Northland •lowland, Poland, Roland •Oakland • Copland • Newfoundland •woodland • Buckland • upland •Jutland, Rutland •Ireland • moorland •Cumberland, Northumberland •Sunderland • Switzerland •Sutherland • Hammond •almond, Armand •Edmund, Redmond •Desmond, Esmond •Raymond • Grimond • Richmond •Sigmund • Sigismund • Osmond •Dortmund • unsummoned •diamond • gourmand • unopened •errand, gerund •reverend • Bertrand • dachshund •unchastened •old-fashioned, unimpassioned •unsanctioned •aforementioned, undermentioned, unmentioned •unconditioned • unsweetened •unenlightened • unleavened •self-governed • unseasoned •wizened • thousand

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