THOUSAND definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you refer to thousands of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them [ emphasis ] Thousands of commuters are packed into over-crowded trains every day
THE THOUSANDS definition | Cambridge English Dictionary Once numbering in the thousands in these waters, these whales have been hunted to near extinction Cases numbered in the thousands The event usually draws crowds in the thousands We are hearing about casualties in the thousands I don't have a precise figure but it's in the thousands