thousands
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
An inflected form of thousand · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,144 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,243 times across 173,499 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 also: one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G
thousands in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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That sort of charity may sound cheap, but it's likely to cost me hundreds of thousands.
The Motormaniacs · Lloyd Osbourne · Chapter 1
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Facts point in all directions, it seems to me, like the thousands of twigs on a tree.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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The ice was broken into thousands of confused shapes, but none, Hans thought like the ordinary forms of splintered ice.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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But Ferko pretended not to hear, and drove some more thousands before him, so that everyone quaked with horror and fear.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Hundreds of thousands of children in our land know snatches of it It is a child’s poem, every line of it.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1