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thousands meaning

EN[ˈθaʊzn̩dz]
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    Definition of thousands in English Dictionary

  • NounBFthousand
    1. plural of thousand.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • The resort’s terrain, known for its excellent tree skiing, also includes nordic trails and thousands of untracked acres reachable by snowcat on guided trips.
        • After this, overall inspections detected aluminosis in thousands of apartments in peripheral neighborhoods.
        • The white-eared kob were joined by hundreds of thousands of mongalla gazelles and tiang, a species of antelope.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Thousands of workers are being axed at car plants across the UK as plummetting sales force production cutbacks.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Noun forms
          • Noun plural forms

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      Meaning of thousands for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "thousands" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form.
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