ten thousand

English

English numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000  ←  9,000 10,000 100,000  → [a], [b], [c] 10,000,000 (107)  → [a], [b]
1,000
    Cardinal: ten thousand, myriad
    Ordinal: ten-thousandth, myriadth
    Multiplier: ten-thousandfold, myriadfold
    Germanic collective: myriad
    Metric collective prefix: myria-
    Number of years: decamillennium

Pronunciation

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Numeral

ten thousand (plural ten thousands)

  1. The cardinal number 10,000.
    Synonym: myriad
    • 1696, W[illiam] Hodges, Humble Proposals for the Relief, Encouragement, Security and Happiness of the Loyal, Couragious Seamen of England, […], [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 38:
      And Seamen, will live and increaſe, as in other Ages of the World they uſed to do in times of War, altho Thouſands were kill’d: And of the moſt fighting War the Seamen ever ſaw in England this 100 Years, it can only be ſaid, the Sword or Guns kill’d Thouſands. But this War, without fighting, hath been the Death of ſeveral Ten Thouſands.
    • 1943, Kwok Ying Fung, “Out of Yesterday”, in China‎[1], New York: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 15:
      China chose resistance.
      This resistance brought suffering that affected each individual. It gave even the young children national consciousness. It put the marching song of the soldiers upon their lips. The children cry the fulfillment of a prediction when they sing "Chi-lai, chi-lai . . ."—"Arise, arise . . . ten thousand with one heart."

Derived terms

  • tens of thousands

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