<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Plural: thousands</li><li>As after a numeral: thousand</li><li>A cardinal number, 10 times 100</li><li>A symbol for this number, as 1000 or M</li><li>Thousands: the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to an amount of money (e.g., Property damage was in the thousands)</li><li>A great number or amount</li><li>Also: thousand's place<ul><li>(In a mixed number) the position of the fourth digit to the left of the decimal point</li><li>(In a whole number) the position of the fourth digit from the right</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Amounting to 1000 in number</li></ul>