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thousand
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)Following a vigorous campaign of interpretation and leadership development by OEP director Dr._Julian_Smith , today thousands of secondary_schools , colleges and universities have shooting and hunting education in their physical_education and recreation programs . In 1959 SAAMI 's shooting development program announced a new activity designed to expose thousands of teen-age boys and girls to the healthy fun enjoyed through the participation in the shooting sports . The U._S._Forest_Service cares for hundreds of thousands of campers in its 149 National Forests and is increasing its facilities steadily . It would be a mistake to sell those thousands of beginning campers on the idea they 're buying the comforts of home . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)To starboard was a cape a_thousand feet high , patched with ice and snow , populated by thousands of screaming sea_birds . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
Synonyms Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Eighty thousand won top honors and a chance to try_for the team itself . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Mrs._Shaefer never got_around_to joining the thousand or_so people who paid Lee some $ 30000 for his ozone machines . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Two types of light source were used , a thousand watt projection lamp and an AH6 high pressure mercury arc . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)New_Yorkers were kept informed of scores by reporters who telegraphed fifteen to twenty thousand words daily to the metropolitan newspapers . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)And another one comes to me and he says , ' Look_here , there 's a mill in my state employs five thousand people making uniforms for the Navy . Related terms |
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