thousandth
thousandth — adjective
1. being the person or thing that is number 1,000 in a series of items, coming afte
being the person or thing that is number 1,000 in a series of items, coming after the 999th; also the written word for the ordinal number 1,000.
Bao was the museum's thousandth visitor and won a special prize.
thousandth + visitor (ordinal with a person noun)
The company celebrated the opening of its thousandth store in Taiwan.
thousandth + store (ordinal with a place noun)
Abigail received a bonus after her thousandth day at the hospital.
Mei finished in thousandth place out of over five thousand runners.
The thousandth ticket sold earned the buyer a free flight.
文法句型
the thousandth + noun
thousandth + noun (determiner)
用法筆記
Frequently used with nouns like 'customer', 'visitor', 'day', 'time', and 'place' to mark a milestone in a sequence.
常見錯誤
thousandth — noun
1. each of the thousand identical pieces that something can be split into; the frac
each of the thousand identical pieces that something can be split into; the fraction written as 1/1000.
A millimeter is one thousandth of a meter.
one thousandth of + [unit] (fraction + measurement)
Vivek's scale can measure changes of a single thousandth of a gram.
Diego beat his rival by three thousandths of a second in the final.
Only about a thousandth of the ocean's water is surface freshwater.
- one part in a thousand
less formal, more descriptive
- 0.001
decimal form, used in scientific writing
文法句型
one thousandth of + [uncountable noun]
thousandths of + [uncountable noun]
用法筆記
Most common with units of measurement ('gram', 'meter', 'second') to describe very small quantities. The plural form 'thousandths' is used after numbers larger than one, as in 'three thousandths of a second'.
常見錯誤
2. the person or thing found at spot 1,000 in an ordered list or sequence.
the person or thing found at spot 1,000 in an ordered list or sequence.
Asher was the thousandth to sign up for the summer program.
the thousandth to + infinitive (position pattern)
The thousandth person to enter the store received a gift card.
Eleni became the thousandth applicant for the job at the lab.
Ignacio was the thousandth member to join the online community.
文法句型
the thousandth to + [infinitive verb]
用法筆記
Frequently appears with the pattern 'the thousandth to + verb' and is often used by organizations to mark a milestone — the thousandth customer, member, or applicant.