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Summer3 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

"hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands"

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0"hundreds of thousands" - anywhere from 200,000 to 999,999. Maybe even 125,000 up to 999,999. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0"hundreds of thousands" - anywhere from 200,000 to 999,999.
  • Maybe even 125,000 up to 999,999.
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0"hundreds of thousands" - anywhere from 200,000 to 999,999. Maybe even 125,000 up to 999,999. (Although once you get to 900,000 you probably say "close to a million.")02br
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0 But both expressions are typically used idiomatically to mean "a very large number". 0-
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01cite10Summer312cite10Dear friends,12br
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0 Dear all,02br
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00Thank you very much! Now I can understand these terms.02br
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0 I too am looking for the meaning! Please let me know if you find out. I feel like a dog chasing it's tail! The words are used recklessly. I seriously doubt the people using the term know the number. Thanks, Lisa0-
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0 Lisa, you don't think the answers that have already been given in this thread are sufficient? Yes, they are often used in exaggeration, but I do think people know what these terms mean. 0-
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good estimate...good guess...
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'Hundreds of thousands' means Hundreds Multiply By Thousands (100x*1000x=100000x) i.e. Lacs or millions
'Tens of hundreds' means Tens Multiply By Hundreds (10x*100x=1000x) i.e. Thousands

http://www.englishdailyuse.com/06-using-numbers-in-conversation.htm
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This expression is getting really old.
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Everyone is wrong: it's UK slang for sprinkles.
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