how to pronounce thousands

/ˈθaʊzəndz/

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thousands is pronounced in two syllables

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θaʊzəndz

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An example use of thousands in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… species extinction is thousands of times …”

meanings of thousands

noun:

  1. Plural of thousand.

thousands frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word thousands occurs in english on average 54.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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