"2000s" meaning in English

See 2000s in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tuː ˈθaʊ.zəndz/, /ˌtuː ˈθaʊ.zənd.ziːz/
enPR: to͞o 'thouzəndz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} 2000s pl (plural only)
  1. The decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Centuries, Decades Synonyms (decade): two-thousandsies
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  2. The century that began on January 1, 2000 and ends on December 31, 2099. Tags: plural, plural-only
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  3. The millennium that began on January 1, 2000 and ends on December 31, 2999. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-2000s-en-noun-7LbyFwfk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: two thousands
Related terms: two thousand and late, 1200s · 1210s · 1220s · 1230s · 1240s · 1250s · 1260s · 1270s · 1280s · 1290s, 1300s · 1310s · 1320s · 1330s · 1340s · 1350s · 1360s · 1370s · 1380s · 1390s, 1400s · 1410s · 1420s · 1430s · 1440s · 1450s · 1460s · 1470s · 1480s · 1490s, 1500s · 1510s · 1520s · 1530s · 1540s · 1550s · 1560s · 1570s · 1580s · 1590s, 1600s · 1610s · 1620s · 1630s · 1640s · 1650s · 1660s · 1670s · 1680s · 1690s, 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s, 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s, 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s, 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s, 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s, 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s, 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s, '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s, 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's, zeros, zeroes, aughts, noughties, oughts · oneties, tens, teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties, Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
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