ONE THOUSAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one thousand mean? 

• ONE THOUSAND (noun)
  The noun ONE THOUSAND has 1 sense:

1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

  Familiarity information: ONE THOUSAND used as a noun is very rare.

• ONE THOUSAND (adjective)
  The adjective ONE THOUSAND has 1 sense:

1. denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

  Familiarity information: ONE THOUSAND used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE THOUSAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

1000; chiliad; G; grand; K; M; one thousand; thou; thousand; yard

Hypernyms ("one thousand" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "one thousand"):

millenary (a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years))

• ONE THOUSAND (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

Synonyms:

1000; k; m; one thousand; thousand

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

A unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector), defined as the distance of one thousand meters travelled per unit time equal to one hour.

(Kilometer per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit equal to one thousand international units.

(Kilointernational Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of potency equal to one thousand US Pharmacopoeia Units.

(Kilo United States Pharmacopeia Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A prefix indicating a quantity of one thousand, 10E3.

(Kilo, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of time equal to one thousand seconds (10E3 seconds).

(Kilosecond, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantity equivalent to one thousand units (10E3 units).

(Kilounit, NCI Thesaurus)

One thousand milliliters equal one liter.

(Milliliter, NCI Dictionary)

An arbitrary unit of substance concentration equal to the concentration at which one liter of mixture contains one thousand units of a substance.

(Kilounit per Liter, NCI Thesaurus)

He had some intention, he added, of studying law, and I must be aware that the interest of one thousand pounds would be a very insufficient support therein.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

What I mean is, would he be likely to come down to the toon of, say one thousand pounds out of money that's as good as a man's own already?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)