Definition of Thousand

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Thousand

The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

Hence, indefinitely, a great number.

A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI/.

Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.

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Thousand Quotations

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Buddha

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Winston Churchill

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.
Winston Churchill

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
Benjamin Franklin

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mohandas Gandhi

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Mohandas Gandhi

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Mohandas Gandhi

Thousand Translations

thousand in Afrikaans is duisend
thousand in Danish is tusinde
thousand in Dutch is duizend
thousand in Finnish is tuhat
thousand in German is tausend
thousand in Italian is mille
thousand in Norwegian is tusen
thousand in Portuguese is mil
thousand in Spanish is mil
thousand in Swedish is tusen, tusental

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