thousands
Translation
thousands
Examples
Thousands of people attended the concert.
Thousands of people attended the concert.
It must have cost thousands of pounds.
It must have cost thousands of pounds.
Grammar Patterns
((thousands)) of + (plural noun) a large, unspecified number of something Thousands of people attended the concert.
Similar Words
Synonyms: a great number, a lot, many, multitudes
Etymology
The plural form of 'thousand', used to denote a large, unspecified number.
Memory Tips
Like 'hundreds' or 'millions', adding an 's' to 'thousand' makes it an indefinite large quantity, not a specific number.